scholarly journals The differences between historians of empire and other scholars in explaining the causes of imperial expansion

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hogir Hassan Pirdawood
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Third World ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Economic Stagnation ◽  
Imperial Expansion

This study discussed and compared the explanations of historians of empires and other scholars for imperial expansion. It provided different interpretation about the factors which caused imperialism. I basically relied on qualitative methods to gain an understanding of complicated phenomenon. It should be said that most of historians had the same opinion and they said this phenomenon lasted from 1870 to 1914 and it was different with colonialism.  I found that there was not the same opinion between historians of empire and scholars of non-empire, both sides were completely different in explaining the causes of the phenomenon. Historian of empire focused on economic, social and political factors of imperial countries in interpretation of this phenomenon, but scholars of non-empire focused on cultures, disunity, economic stagnation and underdevelopment of third world countries in explanation of imperial expansion. Keywords:  Imperialism, Nationalism, Imperial Expansion, Historian, Scholars, Causes.       

Political Variables and Governmental Decentralization in Peru, 1949-1988

1989 ◽  
Vol 31 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 193-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory D. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Third World ◽  
Institutional Reform ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Political Variables ◽  
Centralization And Decentralization

Although decentralization is probably the institutional reform most frequently proposed for Third World countries, it has proven to be an elusive topic for both practitioners and analysts of development. Studies of centralization and decentralization are overwhelmingly descriptive, formalistic, or episodic. This article attempts to improve our understanding of how macro-political factors affect the adoption and implementation of decentralization policies in Latin America.

The ‘emancipation of media’: Latin American advocacy for a New International Information Order in the 1970s

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Freije
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Third World ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Latin Americans ◽  
The Third ◽  
Information Order ◽  
The Third World

AbstractThroughout the 1970s, journalists and leaders in the Global South organized around the concept of a New International Information Order (NIIO), premised upon the self-determination of news access and production. Though largely forgotten today, the NIIO constituted a key platform of the ‘Third World’ solidarity movement. Latin America was a prominent site for NIIO activism, and this article examines the regional and local meetings that frequently brought together governing officials, reporters, and academics. Focusing on the shifting expectations of exiled Latin Americans living in Mexico City, the article explores the domestic political factors that eventually attenuated enthusiasm for the NIIO. By the late 1970s, Latin American advocates argued that repressive governments could not be trusted to safeguard socially responsible information initiatives, such as regional wire services. Moreover, they underscored that national democratization was necessary before global inequities could be resolved.

The Economic Origins of the Kwilu Rebellion

1979 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-479
Author(s):  
Mark Traugott
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Third World ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Military Force ◽  
Entire Region ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Economic Stagnation ◽  
Belgian Congo ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Early in 1964, the recently independent Belgian Congo (now Zaire) experienced a wave of unrest sparked by a rebellion in its Kwilu province. Under the leadership of Pierre Mulele, the movement established control over an entire region for a period of nearly two years. The initial success of Mulelism encouraged a series of further uprisings which brought the central government to the brink of collapse. Although the Kwilu rebellion was ultimately reduced by a combination of military force and regional economic stagnation and thus failed in its objectives, it has attracted considerable scholarly attention because it aptly illustrates the processes whereby social movements in the postwar Third World originate and evolve.

The First Postcolonial Nation in Europe? The End of the German Empire

2018 ◽  
pp. 101-122
Author(s):  
Andreas Eckert
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Third World ◽  
The Other ◽  
World War ◽  
German Empire ◽  
The Third ◽  
German Colonialism ◽  
Imperial Expansion ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Third World

Contrasting the ‘early’ decolonization imposed on defeated Germany after World War I with the subsequent creation of a Nazi Empire, dismantled after years of war and occupation, this chapter examines what made Germany’s twentieth century colonialism and its aftermath so different. It briefly points out why historians and politicians have ignored or downplayed Germany’s colonial past. It then looks at the variety of ways in which colonialism shaped interwar Germany and also discusses to what extent the Nazi Empire needs to be placed within the history of German colonialism, broadly defined. It also analyses how Germany shaped and was shaped by the end of the other European empires and the emergence of the ‘Third World’. In addition to the obvious consideration of ideological motivation, it also investigates the depth of popular support for imperial expansion and the ways in which Germany’s loss of empire has been articulated and understood.

Limited Revolution: The Impact of the Anatolian Railway on Turkish Transportation and the Provisioning of Istanbul, 1890–1908

1977 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Quataert
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
North American ◽  
Third World ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
World War ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Food Grains ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
The Impact

Developmental investment abroad was an integral part of the industrialized nations' foreign policies in the decades before World War I. A notable case was the German Empire's investment in the Anatolian Railway. Inspired by the astounding success of North American railroad development in settling vast untilled areas and creating great quantities of cheap food grains, the Germans built a railroad into the thinly populated central plain of Turkey. But the hoped-for revolution was limited by social and political factors that overrode the purely economic, as Professor Quataert demonstrates in a study with broad implications for present-day development programs in third-world countries.

THE RETURN OF IMPERIALISM TO SOCIAL SCIENCE

2004 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIVEK CHIBBER
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Third World ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
Imperial Expansion ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Third World

ONE OF THE CURIOUS DEVELOPMENTS in intellectual circles over the past few years is that the subject of imperialism is no longer a bailiwick of the Left. To be sure, so long as colonial empires were in strength, there was no denying the reality of European and American imperial expansion. But over the course of the post-war era, as decolonization rippled through the Third World and the formal mechanisms of colonial control were thrown overboard, any insistence on the continuing salience of imperialism became identified with left-wing ideologies. If it did enter mainstream debates, it was inevitably Soviet or, more generically, Communist imperial ambitions that were subjected to scrutiny.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN KARIR DAN KOMPETENSI PERWIRA TNI (TENTARA NASIONAL INDONESIA) DALAM MISI PERDAMAIAN PBB: STUDI KASUS INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Triadi Murwanto
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Third World ◽  
Intrastate Conflict ◽  
Un Peacekeeping ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations

The current strategic environment in the world shows that there is a greater potential for intrastate conflict, especially in third world countries. The United Nations as a world body has held a UN Peacekeeping Mission as an instrument to create peace in countries which undergo multidimensional conflict. Indonesia has sent its personnel in the UN Peacekeeping Mission since 1957 through the sending of the 1st Garuda  Contingent to the UNEF Mission in Sinai. At present Indonesia has sent a Garuda contingent in various UN Peacekeeping regions in the world. The involvement of TNI personnel in the UN Peacekeeping Mission has continued to increase from year to year. But the increase in the number of TNI personnel involved in the UN Peacekeeping Mission has not been accompanied by an increase in the number of middle / high ranked TNI officers who are able to hold strategic positions at the UN Peacekeeping Mission. This paper aims to convey a view on the career development of TNI Officers in the UN Peacekeeping Mission. This research uses qualitative methods through literature studies and interviews. The findings indicate the need to synchronize the system of career development and education for TNI Officers in the UN Peacekeeping Mission in order to have a competitive advantage in competing to hold some strategic positions in the UN Peacekeeping Mission.

scholarly journals Les organisations internationales du Tiers Monde : Vers l’élaboration d’un nouveau cadre d’analyse

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-504
Author(s):  
Philippe Braillard ◽  
Mohammad-Reza Djalili
Keyword(s):  
International Cooperation ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Third World ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Specific Nature ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
The Third ◽  
Organisations Internationales ◽  
The Third World

The article outlines broad directions for the elaboration of a model that could be used to demonstrate the specificity of Third World international organizations. The first section deals with the specific nature of these organizations' environment. The article then define the mechanisms which are at the basis of their development. The recognition of the specific nature of Third World international organizations leads to the conclusion that political factors play an essential role in the birth, operation and sometimes failure of these organizations. In the Third World, international organizations are essentially a political phenomenon, combining powers which, because of the existence of few or none real functional needs, can hardly go beyond their immediate interests to work toward the strengthening of structures of international cooperation, which effects can only be felt in the middle or long term.

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