Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Millennium Development Goals, Emerging Power, Human Development Index
13 Dec 2016
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Names: north and south, west and east, developed and undeveloped/less-developed, first world and third world, great power, small powers, emerging powers, newly industrial countries, tigers, developed, developing, less developed, least-developed. Geographically: 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: > (+, global north: > (+) Mistreatment of women and indigenous and poor and dark-skinned peoples lack: water food, nutrition, education literacy safety, physical, health, environment. Basics of life: security jobs, shelter, norms. 40%-50: the west & south america, 70%-90% urbanized. Economic development: combines processes: markets, societies, politics, capital accumulation, rising per capita incomes, falling birth rates and death rates, higher education and skills, new technologies.
