POL 540 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Takers, Authoritarianism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 540
• Professor: Mitu Sengupta

Document Summary

First world associated with democracy and human rights, second world communist bloc and third world was not aligned to either and neutral. World"s fastest growing economies are third world. Third world differs in context, some are getting out of poverty. Ideals of poor people, poverty etc can be wrong. Third world countries have grows of 4-5 per cent, western is primarily 1-33 per cent. World"s most violent cities in third world, but also there is the usa where homicides in. Baltimore goes for 54. 98 per 1000,000 compared to 58. 40 in joao pessoa in brazil. Dichotomy of violence vs peaceful not reality. Low growth, ageing population, unsustainable standards of living. Higher literacy and health indicators on the decline. Former colonies (china, india, brazil are dominant regional/global actors. Average adult population of developing regions is still behind developed countries. Technology gap between high income and low income remain wide. Countries in first world have control over institutional banking developments.