INTD 200 Lecture Notes - Gross National Income, Purchasing Power Parity, Gross Domestic Product
23 Nov 2012
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Devel = improvement living standards, econ prosperity, glz, sustainability, Many ppl think devel = technological progress + linear change. Influ darwin ideas devel = process organisms reach evolutionary peak. Others: devel = planned change, change towards goals. Probs: idea of devel as evolution = has idea that there is s/thing not actually evolved. Labelling = important b/c labels used about diff parts worlds/ppls influ by how understand processes of change + shapes how think about how soc change over time. Prior: more derogatory view: s/nats econ/soc/culturally backwards. Ethical responsibility to help develop through tech progress. Have means to plan devel in certain way. Criteria for comparison of what is devel, scale fr/under towards devel, universal measure. Underdevel areas = threat to developed (time: beg"g of cold war) 3: everyone not in groups 1 or 2. Negative connotations, pejorative, frames world in hierarchy. S/times have nats classif 3rd world, better off social wellbeing than s/1st world.
