Summary Of Kupchan's 'Alternatives To The Western Way'
Mandy Sanguigni
GEO101 Kupchan
Spring 2016 Study Guide Questions #3 (Chapter 5)
Kupchan, Charles A. No One’s World: The West, The Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Terms to be familiar with:
Civil society
Oligarchs
Vladimir Putin patronage Theocracy
Study Questions: Chapter by Chapter
Chapter Five, “Alternatives to the Western Way”
Chapter Five is Kupchan’s explanation of “non-Western” ways of structuring politics and economies.
1) What was McNeill’s view of how the world would develop after 1960? Does Kupchan agree? McNeill’s view was that any world state would be based upon Western traits. McNeill states that any country will base their society on Western traits “no matter who holds power they could only do so by utilizing …show more content…
Who leads such countries politically and how are potential political rivals controlled?
Kupchan refers to the basis of “tribal autocracy” as the reliance and loyalty of tribal traditions.
Mentioned are the “oil-rich, conservative regimes of the Arabian Peninsula” (Kupchan, 110). The leading countries would include Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The involvement of the U.S. military presence assists to keep control of these potential political rivals (Kupchan, 112).
10) Why are these “Gulf States” a bit scared of democratic politics like they saw in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein?
Indicated in the book, No One’s World, the “Gulf States” appear a bit scared of democratic politics related to the “ongoing confrontation between Iraq’s Sunnis and Shiites” (Kupchan, 116). This disfunction, confusion and confrontation affectes the development of development of these countries (Kupchan, 116).
11) Kupchan notes, in the section called “The Theocrats,” that the relationship of religion and politics is different with Islam than with Christianity. How
GEO101 Kupchan
Spring 2016 Study Guide Questions #3 (Chapter 5)
Kupchan, Charles A. No One’s World: The West, The Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Terms to be familiar with:
Civil society
Oligarchs
Vladimir Putin patronage Theocracy
Study Questions: Chapter by Chapter
Chapter Five, “Alternatives to the Western Way”
Chapter Five is Kupchan’s explanation of “non-Western” ways of structuring politics and economies.
1) What was McNeill’s view of how the world would develop after 1960? Does Kupchan agree? McNeill’s view was that any world state would be based upon Western traits. McNeill states that any country will base their society on Western traits “no matter who holds power they could only do so by utilizing …show more content…
Who leads such countries politically and how are potential political rivals controlled?
Kupchan refers to the basis of “tribal autocracy” as the reliance and loyalty of tribal traditions.
Mentioned are the “oil-rich, conservative regimes of the Arabian Peninsula” (Kupchan, 110). The leading countries would include Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The involvement of the U.S. military presence assists to keep control of these potential political rivals (Kupchan, 112).
10) Why are these “Gulf States” a bit scared of democratic politics like they saw in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein?
Indicated in the book, No One’s World, the “Gulf States” appear a bit scared of democratic politics related to the “ongoing confrontation between Iraq’s Sunnis and Shiites” (Kupchan, 116). This disfunction, confusion and confrontation affectes the development of development of these countries (Kupchan, 116).
11) Kupchan notes, in the section called “The Theocrats,” that the relationship of religion and politics is different with Islam than with Christianity. How