Superpowers Flashcards
What is a superpower
A region or country with a great influence over other regions
What is G20
G20 is a group of 19 countries and the eu
What does the G20 do
They talk about the global economy and corruption and how to fix it also to settle differences
What are the most important tools for superpowers
Culture history military economically Diplomacy
Colonisation
Physical settling of a country or region
Colonialism
Political or co-opting of a region
What is hard power
Forceful approach to gain power
What is soft power
To attract countries and co-opt them
What is modernisation theory
It was if people/countries followed the western world then they would become developed and rich but they need to be a capable of selling goods and making a profit to then make manufactured goods to then switching economic sectors to tertiary and catching up with the rest of the world
What are the problems of modernisation theory
That there are many flaws for example many developing countries are in debt because raw goods sell less then manufactured goods so they import more then export so they are a constantly in debt also it relies on fdi and there is a chance it never happens also they have to not be a communist country or it will never begin
What is neo coloniasm
It is the new colonising where tnc purchase privatised areas of places or invest in a country like China to Africa
