ERASMUS KA107 Teaching-

POLITICS IN THE THIRD

WORLD
ÇAĞLAR EZİKOĞLU
(Çankırı Karatekin University)
 Day 1: Postcolonial Development
• Discussion Questions:
1. What are the main implications of colonialism and post-
coloniality the understanding of developing world?
2. What is the problem with universal conceptions of colonial
knowledge and development?
3. How does colonialism influence our conception of politics and
society in the non-Western worlds?
 Post-colonialism
Postcolonial theory has been used to examine and critique
power relations in a range of contexts and ways.

Some topics include: formation of empire; impact of

colonization on postcolonial history, economy, science &
culture; cultural productions of colonized societies; & agency
for colonized peoples.
 European Imperialism
• By the 1930s, colonies and ex-colonies covered 84.6% of the
land surface of the globe (Loomba, 1998).
• This figure is shocking in itself but next consider this reality:
the eight countries that created these European empires –
Portugal, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands,
Belgium, Germany and Italy – account for merely 1.6% of the
land surface of the earth.
• Essential Reading:
• Burman, Anders. “Colonialism in Context: an Aymara
Reassessment of ‘Colonialism’,‘Coloniality’ and the ‘Postcolonial
World’.” Kult 6 (2009): 117–29.
• Burnell, P.,V. Randall & L. Rakner, Politics in the Developing
World,(2011 & 2014) Chapter 2
• Inayatullah, Naeem. “Why Do Some People Think They Know
What Is Good for Others?.” In Global Politics a New Introduction,
edited by Jenny Edkins and Maja Zehfuss, 450–72, London,
2014. Chapter 21