North South Gap Flashcards
What does human security have to do with IR?
Human security holds that a people-centered view of security is necessary for national, regional and global stability.
What is human security?
freedom from want, freedom from fear, and food security
What does UN HDI stand for and what does it mean?
United Nations Human Development Index. Composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indices used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
What is wallerstein’s world system?
multidisciplinary, macro-scale approach to world history and social change that stresses that the world-system (and not nation states) should be the primary (but not exclusive) unit of social analysis.
What is neocolonialism?
Neocolonialism is the geopolitical practice of using capitalism, business globalization, and cultural imperialism to influence a country, in lieu of either direct military control or indirect political control, i.e. imperialism and hegemony.
What is dependency?
Dependency is the theoretic basis of economic neocolonialism, which proposes that the global economic system comprises wealthy countries at the center, and poor countries at the periphery.
