A Estrutura da Dependência e Governança Global: Apresentação Conceitual

Section role: supports the section on structural dependency and global governance while the teacher lectures on the transition from colonialism to financial neocolonialism. Slides: (1) Title — 'A Estrutura da Dependência e a Governança Global'; (2) Raízes Históricas — bullets: from territorial colonialism to financial neocolonialism, uneven integration into the world economy; (3) Teoria da Dependência e DIT — bullets: core versus periphery, unequal exchange, why selling commodities and buying high-tech goods creates perpetual trade deficits; (4) Deterioração dos Termos de Troca — bullets: definition, real-world examples of price trends for primary goods versus industrial goods; (5) O Fundo Monetário Internacional (FMI) e o Banco Mundial — bullets: creation at Bretton Woods, original missions versus modern interventions; (6) Ajustes Estruturais — bullets: conditionality of loans, mandatory privatizations, deep cuts in social spending and public services; (7) A Década Perdida (Anos 1980) — bullets: the Latin American debt crisis, hyperinflation, loss of national sovereignty; (8) Prós e Contras da Intervenção — bullets: monetary stabilization during severe crises versus extreme social inequality and political loss of autonomy; (9) Novas Alternativas Globais — bullets: the rise of the BRICS New Development Bank and alternative funding mechanisms. Closing slide: 'Até que ponto a soberania nacional de um país endividado é real?' — sets up the critical analysis and exercise section that follows.

Lara da Teachy