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Uneven development- first world vs. third world - september 15th, 2015. 1 (cid:862)fi(cid:396)st (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld & thi(cid:396)d (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld(cid:863) - communist, cold-war inspired; third- distinguish politically uninvolved countries with the soviet ideologies. 2 theories of why uneven development exists: modernization theory: theory states that ay country anywhere can become developed, only by moving forward to the (cid:272)u(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:374)t stage that the(cid:455)(cid:859)(cid:396)e at. Anachronistic- po(cid:396)t(cid:396)a(cid:455)s diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es i(cid:374) geog(cid:396)aph(cid:455) as diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es of ti(cid:373)e (cid:858)(cid:272)aught up (cid:455)et(cid:859) Makes broad generalizations: world systems theory/ dependency theory: core/ semi-periphery/ periphery. Core countries are at the centre of economic world where all goods and resources come and go from, all these nations unite together to exploit semi-periphery and periphery countries. The core is dependent on having other countries functioning in other to send them goods. National happiness index- based in bhutan, focuses on mental development. Debt and development: the world bank: initially designed to provide funds to european countries to rebuild their nations in ww2; founded in 1944.
