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POL 454

POL 454. ECONOMIC & CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS. ECONOMIC & CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS. MAPPING IDENTITY a. ETHNICITY b. RELIGION c. KINSHIP REGIONAL ECONOMICS Terms to Know rentier state AIOC OPEC Sunni Shia Turk Kurds Persian Dutch disease. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS.

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POL 454

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  1. POL 454 ECONOMIC & CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS

  2. ECONOMIC & CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS • MAPPING IDENTITY a. ETHNICITY b. RELIGION c. KINSHIP • REGIONAL ECONOMICS Terms to Know rentier state AIOC OPEC Sunni Shia Turk Kurds Persian Dutch disease

  3. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS • What is identity, and which identities matter more to people? • What differences do you see between the political, ethnic, and religious maps?

  4. Ia. ETHNICITY

  5. Ib. RELIGION

  6. Ic. KINSHIP • form of family organization involving a large group of kinsmen related to one another through patrilineal descent and marriage. • regulates many activities that in Westernized societies are the functions of political, economic, religious, or neighborhood groups. • Fealty: primary focus of loyalty; a mutually protective attitude http://countrystudies.us/iraq/44.htm

  7. Identity in Iraq http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjxUTQ6o8-s http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Iraq_Religions_sm.jpg http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22626.pdf http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/images/tribes.jpg http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/post_saddam_iraq/img/religious_map416.gif

  8. II. REGIONAL ECONOMICS • GDP/GNP/GNI • PER CAPITA GDP (adjusted for PPP) • HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: • LIFE EXPECTANCY & HEALTH • LITERACY & SCHOOL ENROLLMENT • WATER & SANITATION

  9. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (2005 % world total) http://www.nationmaster.com/red/pie/eco_gdp-economy-gdp&b_printable=1

  10. Factor Endowments

  11. Oil Reserves http://www.grinningplanet.com/2005/07-12/oil-wars-article.htm

  12. CONSORTIA William Knox Darcy and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, later Anglo-Iranian (AIOC) ARAMCO: ARABIAN-AMERICAN IPC: IRAQI PETROLEUM CO. (STANDARD OIL OF NJ/NY) GULF: 50% KUWAIT OIL BAHRAIN PETROLEUM CO. (TEXACO & STANDARD OIL OF CALIFORNIA)

  13. Nationalization & Cartelization 1938 Mexico nationalizes 1940s Venezuela negotiates 50/50 split 1951 Iran & AIOC 1960 OPEC forms 1970s All nationalize, even the Shah’s Iran http://home.hot.rr.com/syria/peak_oil/howmuchisthere.html

  14. Oil: Blessing Or Curse? • Rentier state • Depend on foreign revenue for income • No citizen taxes • No incentives to develop • No democracy or loyalty • Dutch disease • large increases to a country's income. • Foreign currency decreases exports/ increases imports • manufacturing jobs move abroad; non-resourceindustry hurt

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