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Geog 4712 Recitation 1 Fall 20 Watts: characteristics of "La Conjuncture" 3 recent developments (capital movement, banking and NICs) link between global recession and local events in the Third World growing underdevelopment in Africa - why? he food crisis in Africa - causes wheat revolution, famine and the issue of access to food traditional methods of adaptation to drought ecological degradation as a result of abandonment of traditional practices Processes occurring at scales of reality, ideology and experience in the "wheat trap" Q. how do advanced capitalist states dominate the postwar international political economy? Q. why is patriarchy and sex-segregation in the (globalizing) workforce producing a high fertility in rate in Bangladesh?UNEP report – conflict and the environment: Note claim - 40% of intrastate conflict connected to natural resource use/competition Define: Peacekeeping Peacemaking Human security Pick one of the 15 case studies (Darfur, Cambodia, Sierra Leone/Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire/Liberia, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Gaza/West Bank, Congo, Peru/Ecuador, Haita, Rwanda) and be prepared to elaborate the connection between the relevant natural resources and the respective conflicts. Figure 1 – what can be done to intervene in the conflict-natural resource cycle? Where should the international community get involved? How? Is the case of banning the sale of “conflict diamonds” a useful


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