Politics and power are significant in all societies, rich or poor. In Prosperity and Violence, the

In northern Europe after the Middle Ages, monarchies began to build the foundations of their countries that are still in affect today. During the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries these “New Monarchs” made many relevant changes in their nations. During the middle of the fifteenth century Europe was affected by war and rebellion, which weakened central governments. As the monarchies attempted to develop into centralized governments once again, feudalism’s influence was lessened. This “new” idea of centralization was reflected in the monarch’s actions. Rulers tried to implement peace and restore the idea that the monarchy represented law and order in the nation. These New Monarchs were able to build armies due to taxation, and

(10) Henry the 1st managed to secure economic control over his kingdom due to the fact that his taxation system removed his economic dependency upon his higher ranking subjects. This was accomplished through the creation of Sheriffs, officials who managed territories in the Kings name. However, unlike the situation in France the land still belonged to the King and he retained the ability to call upon its resources. The aristocracy were accepting of this system due to the financial benefits brought by the tax system. Each individual Sherriff was tasked with collecting a required amount of taxes per year, which was demanded by the treasury at the Exchequer court. Whilst this increased the King’s wealth, it was beneficial to the Sheriffs, who were permitted to collect additional taxes in order to enrich themselves. Whilst increasing the King’s own finances, it also provided a dependency of the Sheriffs upon the King, in contrast to the situation in France. This dependency originated from the fact that the position of Sheriff was not hereditary, and could only be attained through continuous loyalty to the King. Finally, the King could exercise his authority by calling in the debts of any who didn’t remain in his favour, whilst at the same time ignoring the debts of those who did. Overall, Henry the 1st took economic control of his country by creating a system upon which his aristocracy’s wealth and resources were dependent upon him. In this system loyalty to the King was highly beneficial, whilst at the same time the King’s own wealth and resources grew and prevented problems occurring similar to the dependency faced by the Kings of

An additional justification on agreeing with Gandhi’s quote pertains to the failed economic growth and overall development caused by the tyrannical control of a country, leading to a breakdown of the regime. The term “economic growth” is defined as an increase in a country’s productive capacity as measured by comparing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the respective country per annum. A plethora of categories must be taken into account to determine the degree of economic growth, such as the increase in capital stock, advances in technology, and the improvement of literacy levels. On the other hand, in terms of the essay, the overall development is the overall degree of success, prosperity, and well-being in all aspects of living. To

Within the last 60 years, Third World development has been a global priority, at the top of virtually every Western agenda. And with the rise of the global population and poverty levels continuing to rise along with it, it is very easy to see why human development is becoming such a topic of focus and discussion among members of the academia. But one question that everyone wants the answer too is, how does Third World development fit into Globalization? Despite apparent compatibility, when closely examined it is clear to see that Globalization actually contradicts Third World development due to the conflict of agendas. Both Globalization and Development hold views concerning market reform, social structure and regulation, which are

War and crime were prevalent in ancient times, causing people to form into communities and eventually cities for protection and mutual benefit. Order was often maintained by kings, chieftains, and armies. Prosperity came to those communities able to best maintain order, establish security, and maintain a stable food supply and economy, such as the

The central claim of the report is that the poorest people live in a context of recurrent cycles of violence whether criminal and political and in order to stop those cycles, legitimate institutions have to be implemented to ensure security, jobs and justice. The main idea then is to remodel institutions in order to reinforce people confidence. Those arguments are discussed by referring to the Post cold war political and criminal violence, with the explanation of their dramatic consequences on economic and social development. The report is influential in scope in a way that it attempts to rethink an international order but it is commonly critized that it provides only obvious conclusions and fails to engage with essential issues. Then,

The works of the Europe’s monarchs also laid a burden on the population due to massive tax imposition. According to them, there was increased warfare, and they needed to increase the size of their armies. The unhappy population became rebellious and held out uprisings in a desperate attempt to change the great power.

Economic growth, put simply, is “an increase in the amount of goods and services produced per head of the population over a period of time”; development is inextricably linked with this economic growth. By utilising theories of economic growth and development we can see how the Chinese and Sub-Saharan African economies have emerged, but, more notably, we can use these to look at patterns from past and present to show their experience and the implications of this growth for the future.

The New Monarchs replaced the power of nobles who would tax peasants and start war as desired. The New Monarchs were able to ends these wars and secure nation states. For instance, the Tudors of England ended the War of Roses. In addition, they were also able to set up national taxes and form armies. The centralization of power was a push factor because it allowed Europe to produce the financial resources and military power needed to explore. European rulers also relied on trade to finance their spending and maintain their

Summary: In the past years, people has lived in a civil society until the end of the Cold War. Since then, the world has contained feuds, bombings, terror attacks, and strife.

The kingdom of Gulephistan is a country that sits atop vast quantities of oil, but it has numerous religious and ethnic divides. There is also a troublesome rebellion going on in the east. The country is in urgent need of political and economic development and I take charge of the kingdom of Gulephistan today. This country thereby becomes a non democratic and an authoritarian regime. This decision is based on the issues going in the country and it needs high degree of capacity and autonomy. Authoritarian, non-democratic regimes are capable of producing economic growth higher than that of democratic countries and able to sustain this growth (Arsenault, 2008, pg. v). They have several unique institutional traits, which encourage economic growth (Arsenault, 2008, pg. v). This will make it easy for major policies to be carried out and fulfill basic tasks to solve these issues without public intervention. Huntington said that if the political system is opened first, it is likely to complicate economic reform. The oil in the country will be exploited but won’t be depended on in order not to suffer from resource curse. Oil serves as a source of revenue and it will also be used to support this regime. The oil revenue will result into taxing the citizens lightly or not at all so that the regime will not be accountable to the public. There will be a tradeoff between economic benefits and political rights. While authoritarianism deprives people of their political rights, it also serves

Most of the developing countries are mired deeply in economical obstacles, which prevent them from development significantly. In order to overcome those embarrassments world’s society struggles to find the efficient solution for poor countries’ economies. Historically, developed countries undertook policy of giving aid to their colonies, afterwards by the end of The Second World War the United States and United Nations embarked the global sponsorship to the developing countries and countries of the Third World due to humanitarian considerations. Since then many other countries have joined in the effort to provide financial aid to lesser developed or poverty ridden countries. But none of those countries that received an aid had experienced a prosperity phase and rapid economic growth.

The questions are raised as what and how the wealth is distributed or allocated among societies. Countries with similar average incomes can differ substantially when it comes to people’s quality of life such as social justice, access to education and health care, job opportunities, availability of clean air and safe drinking water, the threat of crime, freedom of speech, life expectancy, birth-death control, identity, culture, conservation, equal opportunities, environmental change. Development is important as it covers a wide range process involving cultural, economic, environmental, political, social and technological change of a country. Regarding goals and means of development, recent United Nations documents emphasize on human development measured by life expectancy, adult literacy, access to all three levels of education as well as people‘s average income which is a necessary condition of their freedom of choice. In other words, human development incorporates all aspects of individuals’ well -being from their health status to their economic and political freedom. The Human Development Report 1996 of UNDP focuses on development as the end and economic growth a

Lack of development in countries in the so-called `Third World' has many political and economical reasons. Historians explain the inadequacy of developing countries with the early imperialism and the resulting colonization of the South. Exploitation of mineral resources, deforestation, slavery, and the adaptation of foreign policies shaped the picture of today's suffering and struggling civilizations and natural rich continents. The omission of concessions and equal negotiations between dependency and supremacy give rise to the contrast of enormous resources and immense poverty in developing countries is. In the last years the outcry of justice and the emancipation of the Third World became louder throughout developing and industrialized

He pointed out that different economic levels have their own requirements and they may not follow the same process of industrialization. Moreover, he raised the most influential theory related to late industrialization that the economically backward states may have rapider growth rate as they are late comers, and the national development process relied on the degree of economic backwardness. That is to say the more backward a country, the faster it will advance (ibid).