Politics, Social Movements, and Revolutions

Question 1

what is a revolution?

Answer 1

rapid, basic transformations of society’s state and class structures, accompanied and in part carried through by class based revolts

Question 2

what is colonialism?

Answer 2

the political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended period of time.

Question 3

what is neocolonialism?

Answer 3

referring to interactions between rich and poor nations in international capitalism

Question 4

what is the world systems theory?

Answer 4

capitalism is root of inequality
1. Periphery (or semi-periphery) nations
* scourged by colonial administrators of their raw materials (minerals, lumber, rubber, agriculture/agribusinesses)
2. Core nations
* Produce capital-intensive, high technology goods

Question 5

who is immanuel wallerstein?

Answer 5

• created world systems theory
• believes capitalism is a system based upon a dependency, predicated upon minimizing investment costs to maximize profits

Question 6

who is eduardo galeano?

Answer 6

• wrote ‘Open Veins’
• said cattle-producing country “produced more violence than meat or wool.”
• Following a coup in 1973 and the banning of the book
• he fled to neighboring Argentina

Question 7

what is free trade?

Answer 7

international trade left to its natural course without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions

Question 8

what is fair trade?

Answer 8

an arrangement designed to help producers in developing countries achieve sustainable and equitable trade relationships. The fair trade movement combines the payment of higher prices to exporters with improved social and environmental standards

Question 9

what is a (semi) periphery country?

Answer 9

those that are less developed than core countries

Question 10

what are core nations?

Answer 10

the industrialized capitalist or imperialist countries, which depend on appropriation from peripheral countries and semi-peripheral countries.