POG 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Newly Industrialized Country, Arab Spring, Periphery Countries

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 100
• Professor: Patrice Dutil

Document Summary

Developing countries: strong correlation between gdp and qol, variation across and within each state. 3 billion people live on less than a day. Government has collapsed and armed conflict has left fragile state w weak institutions and policies to provide basic social services. A phrase referring to the first and third world, not really latitude. Lower developed cities have high risk of climate change. Trend: developing world tends to be less rich than northern hemisphere. As time goes on there is more unsuccesful in military coups case in. Rwanda: emphasis in unn on links of justice and peace. Strategies for development: pursue capitalist system, nationalization: seize assets of wealthy, latin america model, power to military, africa model, power to military, middle east model, blend of capitalism and socialism, east asia model, embrace of capitalism and authoritarianism. Impact of this politics have moved from left to right in terms of impact on trade.