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Lawrence notes that colonial societies must invent and justify themselves and establish racial hierarchies. Discuss what the author means and why this hierarchy was particularly ironic and problematic in Canada.
November 12, 2020Scientific method for everyday life
November 12, 2020Compare and contrast these regions: what are their main similarities and differences? In your view, what explains these similarities and differences?
(1)THE AMERICAS
Read Haass, pp.143-153; read short articles by Zovatto and Chatzky, McBride and Sergies
Read Daniel Zovatto, The rapidly deteriorating quality of democracy in Latin America, Brookings Institution, February 28, 2020, available at: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/02/28/the-rapidly-deteriorating-quality-of-democracy-in-latin-america/.
Read Andrew Chatzky, James McBride, and Mohammed Aly Sergie, NAFTA and the USMCA: Weighing the Impact of North American Trade, Backgrounder; Council on Foreign Relations, 1 July 2020, available at: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/naftas-economic-impact.
(2)AFRICA
Read Kofi Annan’s speech, “Africa: Too Big to Fail,” 4 September 2015, available at: https://www.kofiannanfoundation.org/speeches/africa-too-big-to-fail-2855/.
Watch The Economist, “The New Scramble for Africa,” 8 March 2019, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV61lqlLnds.
Read International Crisis Group, “Eight Priorities for the African Union in 2020,” Africa Briefing No. 151, 7 February 2020, available at: https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/african-union-regional-bodies/b151-eight-priorities-african-union-2020.
THE WORLD (a brief introduction) Richard Haass
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