1. James Raymond Vreeland Spring 2017
The Political Economy of International Cooperation through the music of Bob Marley
James Raymond Vreeland
Spring 2017

2. Music Plan Intro: I Shot the Sheriff Buffalo Soldier Redemption Song
Zimbabwe
One Love
War
No Woman, No Cry (Fugees)
Killing me softly (Fugees)
No, Woman, No Cry

3. The most successful International Organization?
Sacrifice of sovereignty
Great powers vs. small powers
Original sin:
3/5 compromise
Four score & seven years in:
Civil War

4. Reconciliation We are Georgetown! Blue & Gray
A total of 1,141 students and alumni enlisted in the civil war, serving in both the Union and Confederate forces.
Georgetown students selected the colors blue (Union) and gray (Confederate) as the school’s official colors in 1876.

5. Georgetown President at that time:
Patrick Francis Healy

6. “Buffalo Soldiers” http://www. nps
In 1866, Congress established six all-Black regiments, each of about 1000 soldiers, to help rebuild the country after the Civil War and to patrol the remote western frontier.
According to legend, Native Americans called the Black cavalry troops “buffalo soldiers” because of their dark curly hair, which resembled a buffalo’s coat. Aware of the buffalo’s fierce bravery and fighting spirit, the African American troops accepted the name with pride and honor.

7. Redemption Song Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.

10. We forward in this generation… Triumphantly?

11. Containing Nationalism Michael Hechter
Independence movements
Power of exploitation moves from:
Metropole (colonial power)
To local elites

12. Zimbabwe Formerly Rhodesia
: White minority declares independence to prevent rule by majority of native Africans
Zimbabwe April 1980
Tear gas used during Marley concert
President: Robert Mugabe 1980-…present!
GDP/capita: $487 (nominal $741)

13. One Love Peace Concert (April 22, 1978) The National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica
Local Elites in JA:
Michael Manley PNP
Edward Seaga JLP
1976:
Violence in elections
Bob Marley Assassination attempt

14. One Love
“Let’s get together to fight this Armageddon so when the man comes there will be no doom”
Practical lesson: Cooperation
“Armageddons”
Great Depression & WWII 
IMF, World Bank, GAT/WTO, United Nations, European Union
1997 East Asian Financial Crisis 
Chiang Mai Initiative
2008 Global Financial Crisis?

15. United Nations Speech “War” (released 1976) Haile Selassie

16. One Love International vs. Global Globalization new?
“One love” – separation is illusion – “maya”
How does this Hindu belief make it into Rastafarianism?
After slavery abolished in the Caribbean, indentured servitude introduced
Where did the labor come from?
South Asia
More research needed:

17. No, students, don’t cry
Everything’s gonna be alright!

18. No, Woman, No Cry [Organ recalls church music] [Breaking bread]
“And we would cook corn meal porridge – of which I’ll share with you
“My feet is my only carriage
“So I’ve got to push on through
“But while I’m gone, I mean
“Everything is gonna be alright

19. Multivocality A phrase with multiple-messages
Meaning depends on the receiver
In advertizing:
Coke is it!
Pepsi’s the one
In campaigns:
Hope, change
Family values*
*Dan Quayle & Murphy Brown story
In music:
Killing me softly (Roberta Flack, Fugees)
Fugees:
“No Woman, No Cry” cover:

20. No, Hoyas, No Cry Said I remember when we used to sit
In the government class at Georgetown
Observing the data points
As we would test the good hypotheses we make
Good friends we have, oh, good friends we lost
Along the way…
In this bright future, you can’t forget your past
So dry your tears, I say
No, Hoyas, don’t cry…

21. No, Woman, No Cry In this bright future, you can forget your past
And we would share corn meal porridge of which I’ll share with you
My feet is my only carriage
Everything is gonna be alright

22. Thank you WE ARE GLOBAL GEORGETOWN!