POL 3115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Authoritarianism, Infant Mortality, Eastern Bloc
16 Jan 2014
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1- defining the developing world: naming the developing world. Less developed country (lcds): one in which a large share of the population cannot meet or experiences great difficulties in meeting basic material needs. The term developing country itself is imperfect because as a descriptive, it is often inaccurate (robert cox - universal). The notion of a less developed country is thus more accurate because it does not imply economic progress. Underdeveloped countries: the state of experiencing deprivations. Make use of the geographical fact that the wealthiest countries are in the northern hemisphere with poorer countries to their south (russia) Poorer regions of asia: the emergence of the third world: from third world to developing world. French anthropologist alfred sauvy coined the term in 1952 to give identity to the many countries during the cold war. First world countries or the second world communist countries of the east.
