POLB90H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Andre Gunder Frank, Mass Media, Modernization Theory
2 Jan 2014
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The challenge of third world development- howard handelman. No agreement on a collective name for the approximately 150 countries that constitute the developing world. Has both the virtue and defect of being fuzzy. They fall under this banner not because of any specific quality but because they are not members of either the first or second world: these countries however differ considerably. All suffer from some aspects of political, economic, or social underdevelopment: while some third world countries are underdeveloped in all major aspects of modernization, others are far more advanced in some aspects of development then others. Poverty is the most salient characteristic of developing countries. National level: gdp per capita, highly unequal income distribution, poor infrastructure, limited use of modern technology, low consumption of energy. Grassroots level: economic underdevelopment connotes widespread scarcity, substantial unemployment, substandard housing, poor health conditions, and inadequate nutrition: the data illustrates both the tremendous gap between most first and third world countries.
