In Zehra Arat's chapter entitled Women Under Layers of Oppression: The (Un) Changing Political Economy of Gender, she writes that, "the common denominator of women in all societies, including the industrialized ones, is their subordinate status." ... Colonialism, for example, which mostly concerns economic gain, draws its power from the state-occupied men who fuel the economy. ... Of course, there have been means of development for burdened Third World women who carry the brunt of physical and domestic labor for their society. ... However, findings of increasing poverty and disease in Thi...

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What are the possibilities, advantages and risks of such "world citizenship"? ... One example is world war II, which started in the middle of Europe- -considered then the most civilized part of the world- because of Germany's belief in its national superiority. ... Would the better ones pull up the worst to keep up with them or would those countries-having the best economy- want to carry the rest on their shoulders? ... World has a cultural diversity in itself. ... As the cultures were revised by economy, stronger economies emposed their cultural practices to the weak ones. ...

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Many of the European states were motivated to participate in imperialism by the need to expand their economies. ... All in all, imperialism formed Africa into a global economy on unequal terms, and a provider of raw materials and cash crops. In the end, the African countries turned out to be economically stagnant, third world nations. ... It formed Africa into a global economy on unequal terms and a provider of raw materials and cash crops, and left it economically stagnant. ... From this evidence, one can clearly see that the great power states of Europe took advantage of the African co...

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All of the Africans were happy with their own economy and political system before the Age of Imperialism. ... Imperialism occurs when a strong nation takes over a weak nation for the purpose of getting natural resources and dominates its economy, politics, and culture. ... Imperialists intended to develop their economy and industry by expanding, trading and obtaining new natural resources which are needed to manufacture many new products. ... (Imperialism) These European imperialists dominated the colonized country's economy, government and oppression of local people. ... As Europeans pa...

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They are communities based on commerce, rather than more traditional economies. ... The World Systems theory is similar to the Dependency theory, however it differs in that it recognizes that differences among countries are not always clear, and it is also specifically sociological. ... He also discusses two types of world systems, world-political, in which a single political system provides over the area, and world-economy, in which there is no single political system. ...

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Agricultural crops, including yams, grains, cocoa, oil palms, kola nuts, and timber, formed the base of Ghana's economy, which was moderately stable during that time. ... Thus, it has had a negative impact on Ghana's economy due to its exploitive nature. ... First, Ghana's underdeveloped economy today can be greatly attributed to the regionally skewed distribution of colonial development. ... Political instability is widely recognized as a major factor that hampers the economy development in some developing countries, because the constantly changing politic parties inevitably br...

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In the 21st century continuous modernization and development are seen as critical to world progress, India's recently elected Prime Mister Narendra Modi stated that his governments vision for India focused on development1. ... Although many world leaders today view growth and modernization as imperative to the advancement of the human race, some view it as harmful to cultural and spiritual awareness and a step towards a materialistic lifestyle and world. ... Looking at how capitalism developed in the Western world since the era of the industrial revolution, Gandhi found materialism to be...

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There were two basic industries found in the New World that shaped their economies: agriculture and mining. ... As stated earlier, the Latin American economies were based on mining and agriculture. ... Such an economy made these countries quite vulnerable to foreign influences. ... They promised to stabilize the economy, grow industry and eventually restore democracy. ... Most countries had underdeveloped economies focused on the production of a narrow range of goods. ...

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With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the great powers of the world were motivated to dominate smaller countries by the need to expand their economies, to acquire raw materials and additional sources of labor, or to find outlets for surplus capital and markets for surplus goods. ... Due to the introduction of steamships and railways, transfer of goods from one part of the world to another became swifter and easier. ... Thus, transport and communication improved, bringing all parts of the world within easy reach. ... This "world power status" frenzy fueled a trend of colonization and n...

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Towards A New World With the year of 1750, the British settlers became exceedingly dependent on Natives to maintain an adequate and superior lifestyle in the New World, while Spanish conquistadors invaded ancient empires for the purposes of prosperity and authority. Originally, the British had reasonable relationships with the Indians that facilitated a steady economy in the colonies. ... The British colonists relied on the knowledge of the Roanoke Indians basically because the settlers were unprepared for the surroundings and environment of the New World. ... Spanish colonies began to emer...

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Without the exploration of the Americas, Europe would have never expanded, and they would have never found gold and riches to supply their needy economy. The finding of "the new world" made many severe changes in both Europe and the Americas. ... The Queens and Kings saw the exploration as a major mining and economical breakthrough because it was said that there was a plentiful amount of gold in the "New World". ... The local people of Europe were curious of the Americas because many explorers told exaggerated tales about how interesting "The New World" was. Many people from all over the wor...

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During the early years of colonization and exploration in North America and Africa, many New World "collided" and brought to each other many new things, both good and bad. ... The Europeans brought back from the New World, tobacco, maize, beans, tomatoes, and potatoes, which provided food for the now greatly populated Europe. ... Small pox, yellow fever, and malaria were some of the devastating diseases carried into the New World. ... What the Europeans took from Africa was something that would last through out the majority of the world until fairly recently, slavery. ... This huge boost in th...

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How did this structural violence, which is when "violence exists when some groups, classes, genders, nationalities, etc are assumed to have, and in fact do have, more access to goods, resources, and opportunities than other groups, classes, genders, nationalities, etc, and this unequal advantage is built into the very social, political and economic systems that govern societies, states and the world.... Without the mining companies, the economy and stability of the Navajo Nation would collapse. ... In the 1950s the Navajo Nation was attempting to jump start their economy and catch up to...

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The success, in contrast, can be noted by the explorations of Christopher Columbus, their large colonial establishments, and their transformation of the world's economy. ... In time, the diffusion between the Old World and the New World began conglomerating. ... Smallpox, yellow fever, and malaria were all life-threatening diseases that made their way over to the New World. ... The Spanish began their bid towards the discovery of gold and silver in the New World and in turn, completely changed the world's economy. ... This increase of bullion from the New World found a parallel...

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Spanish expansion in the New World was centered on the extraction of precious metals, conversion of the indigenous population to Catholicism and obtaining strategic positions to protect Spanish interests. ... The rise of Britain as a world power began humbly with a failed effort at colonization in 1585, but by 1600 the British had moved to correct several errors from their previous colonial and empire building efforts. ...

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Beginning around the 1700s, under the development of technology in many aspects, the Europeans started their expedition to explore the world. ... ": The Scramble for Global Empire ", The French prime minister, Jules Ferry, justified imperialism as an important tool to boom French economy, "in the area of economics the consideration which justify a policy of colonial expansion from the point of view that need, I felt more and more strongly by the industrial populations of Europe and particularly those of our won rich and hard working country: the need for export markets " (147). Ferry implie...

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After Christopher Columbus discovered Americas in 1492, the exploration and conquest of the new world by Spanish and Portuguese empires was not only limited to the propagation of Christianity, the discovery of natural resources and avenues to gain quick wealth also motivated the Europeans to take control of the newly discovered land. ... The discovery of gold and silver deposits in the Iberian New world attracted many entrepreneurs and aspiring businessmen to earn profits, power and glory. The mining of silver in Colonial Spanish America and gold mining in Colonial Portuguese America dominated...

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Lastly we will discuss how those choices made over two hundred and 25 years ago affect us today in our economy, and our economic policies towards other nations. ... England had become a world power, dominating in many parts of Europe, and even far off countries such as India, and Africa. ... Had this act been truly enforced, it could have severely damaged the colonial economy. ...

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The Imperial powers used economic ways to reorganize important regions and bring them into the economy as suppliers of food and raw materials and as consumers of industrialized products. ... Many people believed the words of Rudyard Kipling, who said it was the white mans burden to educate the people of the underdeveloped world, spread the customs of what they saw as a superior western culture, and to convert people to Christianity, since it was believed that the souls of the non-believers would not be saved. ... Through the creation of global empires, the imperial powers helped spread the ...

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Thus the argument was that imperialism ultimately must take place in order to stabilize the European economy. ... Then of course there was the infamous religious justification, which was to spread Christianity to the people of the world. ... The White Man's Burden idea consisted of civilizing people throughout the world; "civilized" meaning people who are Christians. ...

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The role of the Capitalist class in politics becomes significantly important since or after the First World War and it is this period of roughly 1915-47 which this essay aims to concentrate upon. ... The Indian Capitalist class developed under the constraints of a structurally colonial economy. ... This argument is given to portray them as a selfish class but it can also be used to show that the bourgeoisie was not getting excited and lured by easy and short-lived profits and carrying on with their production for becoming stronger in the long run and trying to strengthen Indian indigenous econ...

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Calloway explains this establishment in the introduction to The World Turned Upside Down. ... "The Mohegan Indians of Connecticut had lost huge tracts of land to English colonists by the early eighteenth century, and it had become increasingly difficult to practice their traditional economy of hunting, fishing, and gathering. Confronted with apparently insurmountable pressures on their old ways and beliefs, many sought escape from their new world by turning to alcohol. ...

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The standards for living in these colonies were amongst the very finest and highest in the world. ... Henceforth, Britain became the prime colonial power of the New World. ... The third of Grenville's steps was to move beyond the colonial ports, where the taxes from the Sugar Act were to be collected, and deeper into the colonies and "into the heart of the American economy" . ...

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The standards for living in these colonies were amongst the very finest and highest in the world. ... Henceforth, Britain became the prime colonial power of the New World. ... The third of Grenville's steps was to move beyond the colonial ports, where the taxes from the Sugar Act were to be collected, and deeper into the colonies and "into the heart of the American economy" . ...

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CHAPTER TWO: traces and summarizes the political background of Zambia and examines the British government's policy on Colonial Broadcasting before the Second World War. ... CHAPTER THREE: is devoted to discussing the development of radio in Northern Rhodesia after the Second World War and how the Colonial Government used the medium to 'socialize' the Africans. ...

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