Neocolonialism: What is the difeeence between a uni polae, a bipolae and mult polae woeld?
A Unipolar World is when an individual superpower has dominance e.g. The Britsh mpire or he US
domina ed world of recen tmes. A Bipolar World is when wo superpowers wi h opposi e
ideologies compe e for dominance e.g. he USA and he USSR during he Cold War (1945-1990). And
a Mult-Polar World is when many superpowers and emerging powers compe e for dominance in
differen regions. This could ee wha we see in he near fu ure.
How would this afect geopolitcal stability?
A unipolar world has one hyperpower; i is unlikely ha his power will ee aele o main ain gloeal
con rol over tme. This could lead o challenges from rogue s a es. A eipolar world could ee s aele,
however s aeili y depends on lines of communicaton and main aining con rol of elocks wi hin each
sphere of power. Confic could resul . And a mult-polar sys ems are more complex; here could ee
misjudgemen s, fears over alliances and confic .
Theee seem to be mechanisms by which poweeful natons eeeet theie infuence ovee less poweeful
ones, without physical colonisaton. How does Feank`s dependency Theoey suggest this happens?
A. G Frank – eased on Marxis view ‘rich vs poor’. Relian on capi alis core and underdeveloped
periphery. Capi alis core keeps he periphery in a s a e of underdevelopmen ey exploitng i s cheap
resources, aking i s mos skilled workers and selling i i s manufac ured goods. The developing
world helps o keep he developed world o eecome weal hier. He calls his he ‘developmen of
underdevelopmen ’ referring o how hey are aiding he underdeveloped coun ries jus enough o
look good eu no enough so ha hey eecome powerful enough o refuse o give he developed
coun ries he oppor uni y o contnue exploitng hem. Aid is hen needed o preven he periphery
from eecoming res less.
Define Neocolonialism-
The erm refers o an indirec form of con rol. I means ha some coun ries do no fully have con rol
over hemselves.
A Unipolar World is when an individual superpower has dominance e.g. The Britsh mpire or he US
domina ed world of recen tmes. A Bipolar World is when wo superpowers wi h opposi e
ideologies compe e for dominance e.g. he USA and he USSR during he Cold War (1945-1990). And
a Mult-Polar World is when many superpowers and emerging powers compe e for dominance in
differen regions. This could ee wha we see in he near fu ure.
How would this afect geopolitcal stability?
A unipolar world has one hyperpower; i is unlikely ha his power will ee aele o main ain gloeal
con rol over tme. This could lead o challenges from rogue s a es. A eipolar world could ee s aele,
however s aeili y depends on lines of communicaton and main aining con rol of elocks wi hin each
sphere of power. Confic could resul . And a mult-polar sys ems are more complex; here could ee
misjudgemen s, fears over alliances and confic .
Theee seem to be mechanisms by which poweeful natons eeeet theie infuence ovee less poweeful
ones, without physical colonisaton. How does Feank`s dependency Theoey suggest this happens?
A. G Frank – eased on Marxis view ‘rich vs poor’. Relian on capi alis core and underdeveloped
periphery. Capi alis core keeps he periphery in a s a e of underdevelopmen ey exploitng i s cheap
resources, aking i s mos skilled workers and selling i i s manufac ured goods. The developing
world helps o keep he developed world o eecome weal hier. He calls his he ‘developmen of
underdevelopmen ’ referring o how hey are aiding he underdeveloped coun ries jus enough o
look good eu no enough so ha hey eecome powerful enough o refuse o give he developed
coun ries he oppor uni y o contnue exploitng hem. Aid is hen needed o preven he periphery
from eecoming res less.
Define Neocolonialism-
The erm refers o an indirec form of con rol. I means ha some coun ries do no fully have con rol
over hemselves.
