POL 101W Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Modernization Theory, Debt Crisis, Industrial Revolution
13 May 2016
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Industrialization of the economies of many countries in the north and significant advancements in technology have resulted in rapid economic growth. This economic growth has not been evenly distributed. Unsurprisingly these inequalities have been a source of political disagreement and political conflict. Our focus will be on this country based inequalities. This imbalance of wealth poses a number of challenges that are important in shaping world politics. These challenges include poverty, armed conflict, environmental degradation, and globalization/democracy. The world bank measures extreme income poverty as being . 25us per day. As of 2005, 1. 37 billion in extreme income poverty. Almost half of the world"s population, as of 2005, lived on . 50us per day. Income is the single most important reflection of poverty, but it doesn"t necessarily give a clear picture of the degree of the issue. Levels of access to health care and education. Chronic hunger, malnutrition, no access to safe drinking water, pervasive disease, environmental pollution.
