LESSON 6 GLOBAL DIVIDES: THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH

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UN’s Human Rights Chief Just Went There on Myanmar ‘Seems like a textbook example of ethnic cleansing’

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By John Johnson, Newser Staff
Posted Sep 12, 2017 12:10 PM CDT

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The top human rights official for the UN has dropped a damning charge onMyanmar: “ethnic cleansing.”

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NEWSER

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is a series of ongoing persecutions by the Myanmar (formerly Burmese) government against the Muslim Rohingya people. The genocide has consisted of two phases to date: the first occurred from October 2016 to January 2017 and the second has been occurring since August 2017.

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Rohingya genocide

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The crisis forced over a million Rohingya to flee to other countries. Most fled to __________ while others escaped to ______, _______, _______, and other parts of ________ and ________

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Bangladesh
India, Thailand, Malaysia
South and Southeast Asia.

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is a series of ongoing persecutions
by the Myanmar (formerly Burmese) government against
the Muslim Rohingya people. The genocide has consisted
of two phases to date: the first occurred from October
2016 to January 2017 and the second has been occurring
since August 2017.

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Rohingya genocide

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Served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights from 2014 to 2018

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ZEID RA’AD AL HUSSEIN

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said that Myanmar will not allow investigators
to fully assess what’s happening to the Muslim Rohingya
community,”but the situation seems like a textbook
example of ethnic cleansing,” per France 24 (a French
state-owned international news television network based
in Paris).

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ZEID RA’AD AL HUSSEIN

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He’s referring to the bloody crackdown by government
forces against militants in the western part of the
country.

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ZEID RA’AD AL HUSSEIN

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a study estimated in January 2018 that the
military and local Rakhine Buddhists killed at
least

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24,000 Rohingya people

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perpetrated
gang rapes and other forms of sexual violence
against

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18,000 Rohingya Muslim women

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were beaten

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116,000 Rohingya

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were thrown into fires.

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36,000

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The first and incumbent State Counsellor (a position
equivalent to prime minister) of Myanmar

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AUNG SAN SUU KYI

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swears troops are
going after only “terrorist” militants and doing their best
to spare civilians, but members of the ethnic group fleeing
the country tell a much different story of scorched villages
of mass killings.

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The government of Aung San Suu Kyi

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As of Tuesday (September 2017), about _______ had
crossed the border into Bangladesh.s

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370,000

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On Monday, the US joined those criticizing the military
operation.

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“The massive displacement and victimization
of people…

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And on Tuesday, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
visited refugees in makeshift camps and

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implored
Myanmar to allow them to return safely,

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“Hundreds of years they are staying there,” she said.

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“How
they can deny that they are not their citizens?”

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Chinese Premier 2013-present

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LI KEQIANG

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Myanmar, however, got an important note of support
from China, which said it backed the government’s moves
toward

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“stability,” per Reuters.

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Meanwhile, more than _____ people have signed a
petition seeking to have Suu Kyi’s Nobel Peace Prize
withdrawn. (A columnist wrote a prescient piece back in
2014.)

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400,000

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The concept of a gap between the Global North and the
Global South in terms of development and wealth.

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GLOBAL DIVIDES

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Rich, Industrialized, Wealthy Nations

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NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

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Democratic Capitalist Countries

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NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

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Developing Nations

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SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

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Non-Democratic Countries, Failing Democracy

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SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

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home to all the members of G8 and to four of the five permanent members of UN Security Council

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Global North

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Africa, Latin America

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Global South

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United States, Canada, Western Europe

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Global North

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Developing Asia, including Middle East

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Global South

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Developed parts of Asia Australia, and New Zealand

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Global North

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The Group of Eight (G8) refers to the group of eight highly industrialized nations

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France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, Canada, and Russia.

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# NORTH of the World

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1⁄4

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# NORTH of the North has enough food and shelter

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95%

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# NORTH of the North has a functioning educational system

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95%

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controls four-fifths of the income earned anywhere in the world

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NORTH

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# NORTH of the manufacturing industries are owned by and located in the North

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90%

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# SOUTH of the World only 5% of the population has enough food and shelter

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3/4

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"It lacks appropriate technology, it has no political stability, the economies are disarticulated, and their foreign exchange earnings depend on primary product exports."

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SOUTH

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has access to one-fifth of the world income

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SOUTH

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# DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH Less population

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Global north

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# DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH Countries with high wealth

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Global north

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# DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH high standard of living

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global north

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# DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH high technological advancement

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Global north

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high economic and educational development

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global north

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# DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH large population

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global south

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# DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH countries suffer from high poverty

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global south

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# DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH low standard of living

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global south

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# DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH less technological advancement

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Global South

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# DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH low economic and educational development

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global south

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# DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH agricultural

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global south

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LOCATING THE GLOBAL SOUTH BY

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LISANDRO CLAUDIO

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There are markers of global interconnectedness, even global modernity

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“THE STARBUCKS AND THE SHANTY”

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# “THE STARBUCKS AND THE SHANTY” There are Starbucks branches in

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Melbourne and Manila, New York and New Delhi

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All these branches look more or less the same

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“THE STARBUCKS AND THE SHANTY”

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# “THE STARBUCKS AND THE SHANTY” The sameness represents the cultural homogenization that many critics have associated with globalization

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The sameness represents the cultural homogenization that many critics have associated with globalization

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# “THE STARBUCKS AND THE SHANTY” there is a good chance that upon leaving the coffee shop, you will meet a child beggar in tattered clothes or walk a block or two, with your latte still hot, you will find a shanty town

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In Manila and New Delhi,

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# “THE STARBUCKS AND THE SHANTY” Spaces of affluence and wealth in the developing world may mirror the

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Global North

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# “THE STARBUCKS AND THE SHANTY” Spaces of underdevelopment in developed countries may mirror the poverty of the

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Global South

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# “THE STARBUCKS AND THE SHANTY” There is something more confronting about poverty in the global south, and the north/south divide is as

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visible as the processes of globalization that engender it

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# “THE STARBUCKS AND THE SHANTY” The divide reminds us that globalization creates

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undersides

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# MAJOR LENSES: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS North vs. South

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Realism Marxism Liberalism Constructivism

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States are always in a state of “war” economically

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REALISM

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# REALISM is more or less competitive

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The global community

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Each state acts in its own best interest at the expense of other states

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REALISM

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For example, USA acts for the best interest of USA.

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REALISM

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No one regulates this behavior

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REALISM

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# REALISM is considered be anarchic

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International system

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It is normal to be competitive

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REALISM

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States tend cooperate because anarchy exists

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LIBERALISM

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# LIBERALISM has been overcome by legitimizing power in institutions; ie. United Nations, International Criminal Court, World Bank, etc.

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Anarchy

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# LIBERALISM we behave on the basis on how others behave towards us

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Reciprocity:

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Frequent interactions makes us interdependent to other countries

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LIBERALISM

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“Anarchy is what states make of it”

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CONSTRUCTIVISM

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# CONSTRUCTIVISM States try to do the same thing

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Logic of appropriateness:

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Reality can be changed because it is only constructed

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CONSTRUCTIVISM

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Example: Global capitalism is strong because it is the global norm. However, if we decide to change it, we can change it. It is only true because we make it true.

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CONSTRUCTIVISM

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Class struggle among states

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MARXISM

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States are exploited by more powerful states

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MARXISM

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Smaller states provides resources and man-power to the powerful countries

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MARXISM

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# MARXISM = imperialism/colonialism

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Capitalism

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Related to World-Systems theory

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MARXISM

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periphery

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proletarait

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core

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bougeoisie

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# OTHER LENSES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Global economic integration is not only inevitable given the rise of new technologies; it is, more importantly, a normative international goal. To not partake to globality is backward

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Globalism (Steger):

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# OTHER LENSES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Dominant ideology of colonialism and the logic that shaped the birth of international order

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Civilization Discourse:

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# OTHER LENSES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Outlined the historical progression terms of a society’s capacity to produce and consume material goods

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Modernization theory (Rostow):