POL201Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Global Health, Dialectical Materialism, Feudalism
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North america, western europe, japan, australia and new zealand and. Large middle class, modern and large cities and highly educated population. Former socialist countries including ussr, cuba, eastern europe, cuba north. Only north korea and cuba are the remaining socialist identity. All countries of the south except for australia, new zealand and japan. Not all countries are not at the same level of socio-economic development as others. The name third world comes from a alfred sauvy in 1952 as he was thinking about the third estate during the french revolution. It corresponded with decolonization and the emergence of new states and technological revolution which the world smaller place after ww2. South= poor and not as rich with large wealth inequality. The fourth world- poorest of poor gdp less than 1000. Upper middle income- gdp above 2500 high inequality- south africa. Numerous negative legacies of colonialism and imperialism reflected in artificial boundaries, political violence and dictatorship.
