Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals, Emerging Power
7 Dec 2016
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Names: north & south, west & east, developed & undeveloped/less-developed, first world & third world, great power, small powers, emerging powers, developed, developing, less-developed, least-developed, newly industrializing countries tigers. Geographically: the west: us, japan, canada, australia, new zealand, western & northern. & southern europe: the rest: asia, africa, middle east, latin america, caribbean, pacific. Islands, and with the end of the cold war: eastern europe and russia. Every 10 seconds: 1 dead child = preventable malnutrition, ,000 on military = chosen expenditure. Per capita incomes 1993-2013: global south: > -+5000, global north: > : +20000. Mistreatment of women and indignenous and poor and dark skinned peoples. Basics of life: security, jobs, shelter, norms. Populations urbanized: asia & africa: 20% or less, middle east: 40-50, the west & south america: 70- 90% urbanized. Economic development: combined processes: markets, societies, politics, capital accumulation, rising per capita incomes, falling birthrates and death rates, higher education and skills, new technologies.
