Political Economy
Week 2 Tutorial 1
News Report
Evolution of the world economy
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- What is a structural (or geopolitical) and what a cultural factor?
- Is poverty an outcome of culture or of relations? Or maybe something else?
- What drove colonial expansion?
Break
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Answer each question individually
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Be quick
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Send me the answer in the chat
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Round-table discussion
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Which economic regions (or ‘subsystems’) does Abu-Lughod identify?
What are the differences with O’Brian and Williams’ list?
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What is bigger India or Greenland? See here for the answer
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Why is Abu-Lughod dissatisfied with most historical accounts of the evolution of the world economy?
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What is her own approach on the matter?
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Why does Boris Johnson do to relax? The answer is here
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What are possible causes for the rise of Europe (up till 1800)?
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Consider both Abu-Lughod and O’Brian & Williams
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Where was earth's economic centre of gravity in AD 1000? Look here.
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What is the ‘triangular trade’?
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What was the role of gender in European expansion and how it changed over time?
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What is and why are O’Brian & Williams skeptical about the term ‘Pax Britannica’?
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Why was the industrial revolution British? See VoxEU for help.
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Can you think of another 'Pax'? Let's look at Vox
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Why did the ‘scramble for Africa’ only start in the latter half of the 19th century?
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Why not, for instance, at the same time of the European conquest in the Americas?
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Where, according to Donald Tusk politicians pushing for a hard Brexit will end up? The answer is here
Future scenario
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Examine the present economic system and make a (supported) predictions on the development of the global economy in this century (XXI).