INDEV100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pharmaceutical Industry, Tied Aid, Multilateralism
17 Dec 2016
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Development: a process from one condition or state of affairs to another. Dete(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:374)g the (cid:858)desti(cid:374)atio(cid:374)(cid:859); ho(cid:449) to get the(cid:396)e. Referent object = who/what to be developed. Exploring answers for the 5 ws and an h lead to labelling and branding: the source of politics. Ideas of poverty, wealth, and relationships among nations are evolving: compromise and contestations. What labels do: shape public policy-making, legitimize current practices, can create resistance. Development is a comparative concept - (cid:858)the state of (cid:374)ot bei(cid:374)g de(cid:448)eloped(cid:859) This term implies that first world intervention is needed to overcome underdevelopment. It implies a universal measurement of development and that all nations can be assessed against this standard: the non-aligned movement, the third world. New labels: newly industrialized countries (nics) emerging markets (cid:858)de(cid:448)elopi(cid:374)g(cid:859) Classification is determined by gdp: fourth world. A rich diversity of human experience and social organization. Dual society: signs of material wealth coexist with poverty and basic survival.
