GENV Unit 3 Flashcards
1
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Characteristics of Underdeveloped Countries
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- low income
- widespread poverty
- excessive unemployment
- predominance of agriculture
2
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Sources for our false idea of Third World
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- The media
- Authors (books, textbooks, etc)
3
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Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes
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Initiated the idea of the term in his model of society in his 1789 article or pamphlet
4
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Alfred Sauvy
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- Le Tiers-Etat (tiers)
- Different demographic groups in country
- He didn’t share the ideological view of Western capitalism (first world) or soviet socialism (second world)
5
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What did the term “Third World” originally mean?
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describe a country’s allegiance
6
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Cold War Period
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- Divided into 2 geographical blocs with different ideological views on how to govern society
- Conflict between East and West
- Remaining countries (Africa, Asia, Latin American) became “third world”
7
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Non-Aligned Movement
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- 1961 many “third world” countries gathered to form this movement
8
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Why does the third world not exist anymore?
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- Collapse of communism
- Fall of Berlin Wall; Symbolizes unity between East and West Germany and Easter and Western societies
9
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Pedagogical challenges in the Global South
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- defining the cities
- explaining the complexity of life in these places
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