Post-Colonial Legacies

Based on your understanding of the reading, take bulleted notes on the following:

• How and why Mao Zedong limited democracy in his economic and political reforms.
• How Deng Xiaoping modified Mao's policies, and its effects on democratic activism.
• Why Indira Gandhi struggled with maintaining democracy as the Indian Prime Minister.
• How and why Islamism emerged in the Middle East.
• Continued problems in post-colonial sub-Saharan Africa and the attempts to address them.
• The different political structures in Mexico and Argentina during the Cold War (e.g. single-party states vs. a democratic process.)
• The continued legacy of colonialism and imperialistic influence in Latin America (e.g. the Dependency Theory).