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kgarland

World Simulation Ideas - 95 views

I think it would be great to add more natural disasters, along with trying to bring out the slave trade, I think we could make the slave trade more part of the game. Also I think it would be great ...

worldsim

started by Mike Wesch on 18 May 07 37 follow-ups, last by kgarland on 29 May 07
jcoop11

Wallerstein on World Systems - 0 views

www.fordham.edu/...wallerstein.html

required wallerstein worldsystems

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  • makes possible analytically sound comparisons between different parts of the world.
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 20 May 07
       
      This is why Wallerstein's theory gained acceptance in the anthropological community. We are interested in making sound cross-cultural comparisons.
    • jcoop11
      jcoop11 on 20 May 07
       
      I may be reading to much into the wording, but do we really want to "compare" cultures. When we talk about comparing cultures, it seems as if we are holding them to a certain standard.
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 21 May 07
       
      We are not comparing them to a standard - just trying to see the range of human possibilities - and how humans are interrelated.
  • feudalism
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 20 May 07
       
      Three primary elements characterized feudalism: lords, vassals and fiefs; the structure of feudalism can be seen in how these three elements fit together. A lord was a noble who owned land, a vassal was a person who was granted possession of the land by the lord, and the land was known as a fief. In exchange for the fief, the vassal would provide military service to the lord. The obligations and relations between lord, vassal and fief form the basis of feudalism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudal_system
  • switch from feudal obligations to money rents
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  • These impoverished peasants often moved to the cities, providing cheap labor essential for the growth in urban manufacturing
  • Eastern Europe (especially Poland) and Latin America, exhibited characteristics of peripheral regions.
  • In Latin America, the Spanish and Portuguese conquests destroyed indigenous authority structures and replaced them with weak bureaucracies under the control of these European states.
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 20 May 07
       
      This is the most common pattern found in the world simulation, though other forms emerge as well.
  • served as buffers between the core and the peripheries
  • According to Wallerstein, the semi-peripheries were exploited by the core but, as in the case of the American empires of Spain and Portugal, often were exploiters of peripheries themselves. Spain, for example, imported silver and gold from its American colonies, obtained largely through coercive labor practices, but most of this specie went to paying for manufactured goods from core countries such as England and France rather than encouraging the formation of a domestic manufacturing sector.
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 20 May 07
       
      nice summary here of the relationship of core, semi-periphery, and periphery
  • Similarly, Protestants, who were often the merchants in Catholic countries, found they were targets of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church, a trans-national institution, found the development of capitalism and the strengthening of the state threatening.
  • During this period, workers in Europe experienced a dramatic fall in wages.
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 20 May 07
       
      This is interesting. We often think of this transition as benefitting the people of the Core - but it did not necessarily benefit everybody.
  • This powerful merchant class provided the capital necessary for the industrialization of European core states.
    • elligant35
      elligant35 on 20 May 07
       
      Is the merchant class the first indication of a middle class? If so, then why the fall in wages becasue it seems to me that all they created was a middle man to continously take the wages from the working class that supported the goods that were traded?
  • European states participated in active exploration for the exploitation of new markets.
  • With the independence of the Latin American countries, these areas as well as previously isolated zones in the interior of the American continent entered as peripheral zones in the world economy. Asia and Africa entered the system in the nineteenth century as peripheral zones.
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 20 May 07
       
      Expansion of the periphery - this typically represents Round 2 of the World Simulation.
  • the core enriched itself at the expense of the peripheral economies. This, of course, did not mean either that everybody in the periphery became poorer or that all citizens of the core regions became wealthier as a result.
  • Wallerstein asserts that an analysis of the history of the capitalist world system shows that it has brought about a skewed development in which economic and social disparities between sections of the world economy have increased rather than provided prosperity for all.
  • This was the first time that an economic system encompassed much of the world with links that superseded national or other political boundaries
  • Mike Wesch on 17 May 07
     
    Read all of this page & make notes so we can share ideas!
jcoop11

Global Healthcare in a Borderless World - 0 views

research.unm.edu/...global.html

healthcare

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  • Since the early 1990s, institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have required state-owned hospitals and clinics in Third World countries to be privatized before loans are considered. Many times those formerly state-owned and -run hospitals were purchased by U.S. and European insurance companies that then introduced U.S. models of managed care, even though the history of healthcare in those countries was vastly different from the systems that had developed in the United States.
  • first systematic study of the relationships between globalization and public health policies.
  • jcoop11 on 29 May 07
     
    " first systematic study of the relationships between globalization and public health policies " The relavence of the article lies in the previous statement. This is a rational look at how we are trying to solve the global healthcare problems.
elligant35

Louisiana Department of Social Services - 0 views

www.dss.state.la.us/...Solutions_to_Poverty.html

shared by elligant35 on 28 May 07 - Cached
    • elligant35
      elligant35 on 28 May 07
       
      Since 2004, Louisiana has implemented a STOP program that will try to resolve poverty in the state of Louisiania. Many services are linked to STOP like adoption agencies, vocational rehabilation, and other child welfare agencies. The idea is to consolidate and work together to create a soloution as a whole instead of having inconsistencies.
chiefs100

U. S. Crime Statistics Total and by State 1960 - 2005 - 0 views

www.disastercenter.com/crime

media

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  • chiefs100 on 28 May 07
     
    This site has the UCR (Uniformed Crime Report ) displayed for years 1960-2005 for the US and seperate states, and is put in a form that is easy for the average american to understand.
elligant35

Economy of the United States information - Search.com - 0 views

www.search.com/...Economy_of_the_United_States

shared by elligant35 on 28 May 07 - Cached
    • elligant35
      elligant35 on 28 May 07
       
      This page has the ecomony of the United States wrapped all in one. It links current policy trends of solving poverty with social issues, buying or consumer trends, history in deficit spending by the government, and the assistance provided by the government. This site talks about the inequalities of the minium wage and other statistics that are linked to global poverty.
Mike Wesch

Facing Power by Eric Wolf - 0 views

www.jstor.org/...0

power required

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    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 15 May 07
       
      Wolf's definition of Structural Power begins here.
  • Mike Wesch on 17 May 07
     
    You only need to read the first two pages of this one.
  • Mike Wesch on 20 May 07
     
    This is also available on K-State Online if you are not on campus and cannot access the article through this link.
naytanda

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Virginia_Tech

violence

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  • naytanda on 16 May 07
     
    talks about virginia tech massacre
kgarland

YouTube - BLOOD DIAMONDS AND CHILD SOLDIERS - 0 views

www.youtube.com/watch

shared by kgarland on 15 May 07 - Cached
  • a sad comment off the state of our world
wirth7

UN Millennium Project | Millennium Villages - 0 views

www.unmillenniumproject.org/...index.htm

shared by wirth7 on 28 May 07 - Cached
  • wirth7 on 28 May 07
     
    the poverty situation in Africa is stated and some random facts about living conditions.
Kendall

Expanded Academic ASAP Document - 0 views

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child child prostitution

shared by Kendall on 28 May 07 - No Cached
  • Kendall on 28 May 07
     
    This article is basically just one of the ways The United States of America is trying to end the labor of child prostitution.
tomorronow

The Catalyst is Iran - 0 views

grantdwalker.zaadz.com/...the_catalyst_is_iran

bank iran nuclear oil states united us war world wwiii

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  • tomorronow on 28 May 07
     
    Someone's blog about the threat of World War 3, the nuclear apocolypse, multinational control by banks, and the hope that the people will rise up.  Pretty silly towards the end with the taoist stuff, could have done without this to make it more credible.
Ryan Felber

The Case for Universal Health Care in the United States - 0 views

cthealth.server101.com/_care_in_the_united_states.htm

healthcare

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  • Ryan Felber on 30 May 07
     
    Universal healthcare in amerca
elligant35

Riley County MapStats from FedStats - 0 views

www.fedstats.gov/...20161.html

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    • elligant35
      elligant35 on 27 May 07
       
      This website breaks down the demographics of race throughout Kansas. It will tell you the number of persons under specific age groups; for example it will show the percentage under 5, 18, and 65. It also breaks down the racial demographics of each town by reporting how many African Americans, Cuacasians, and Hispnaics live in a specific area of Kansas. This website will be important for helping to define an accurrate number of person living in poverty and defining the racial classes that exist in poverty.
Aaron Scott

Most Poverty Solutions Miss Central Issue - The George Foundation - 0 views

www.tgfworld.org/s%20Miss%20Central%20Issue.htm

poverty

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  • Aaron Scott on 27 May 07
     
    Article that was written in response to Jeffrey Sachs "The End of Poverty". This article, like that of Easterly's, states that what is needed is a new model of poverty solution, His suggestion is that government's role should not be of manager or director of change, but rather just a catalyst for change. Also the author believes there needs to be a focus on farming, and incentives, loans, and tax breaks to help build rural areas.
Aaron Scott

Factors of Poverty; The Big five - 0 views

scn4.scn.org/...emp-pov.htm

poverty

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  • Aaron Scott on 26 May 07
     
    This site explores factors of poverty (as a social problem). It starts by stating the difference between a factor and a cause. A cause being that which gave rise to poverty in its origin, and a factor being something that contributes to its continuation. The five factors that this site focuses on are ignorance, disease, apathy, dishonesty, and dependency.
Amanda Stueve

NEJM_Kim_Farmer.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

www.pih.org/...NEJM_Kim_Farmer.pdf

shared by Amanda Stueve on 22 May 07 - No Cached
    • Amanda Stueve
      Amanda Stueve on 22 May 07
       
      Infrastructure: states that without a healthcare system in place, antiretroviral therapy is hindered. Therefore; only developed countries currently have capabilities to effectively fight AIDS. What would be the impact on different cultures of introducing complex Western-style healthcare systems?
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