GLOBAL DIVIDE Flashcards
It is a socio-economic and political categorization of
countries.
The Cold-War-era generalization places countries in two
distinct groups; The North and the South.
Back in 1980s, the world was geographically split into
relatively richer and poorer nations.
Global Divide
According to_____the Global North contains all
countries north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere
and the Global South holds all of the countries south of the
Equator in the Southem Hemisphere.
Karpilo (2018),
stated that “The North and South
divide in the practice and application of international laws have been previously perceived to be evident in international
environmental law.”
Kwarteng and Botch way (2018)
advocate for a collective action to protect the environment
Global developed Northern countries
argue for social and economic justice in practice.
Global developing Southern countries
It is a divisionary line which simply separates the rich countries in the North from the poor countries in the South. It encircles the world at latitude of 30°N. It crosses North and Central America, North of Africa and India, and then it goes down towards the South, placing Australia and New Zealand above the line.
Brandt Line
- developed countries or industrial democracies and included
mainly capitalist free-market countries found in Western
Europe and their old colonies.
First World Country
First World Countries
United States,
Canada,
Australia,
New Zealand,
Japan.
- comprised industrial but not democratic, centrally planned,
socialist or communist bloc countries.
Second World Country
Second World Countries
China,
Cambodia,
Laos,
North Korea,
Vietnam
comprised countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America which
did not fit into the two groups above.
Third World Country
Third World Countries
Philippines,
Nepal,
Sri Lanka,
Pakistan,
Zimbabwe.
a global capitalist system separates countries into the core (the North), semiperiphery, and periphery (the South) based primarily on their economic participation (Wallerstein 1974).
Wallerstein’s world
systems theory
highly industrialized countries that has high per capita incomes, low
birth rates and death rates, low population growth rates, and high levels of industrialization and urbanization.
Examples include the USA, Canada, Japan, and many countries in Europe
More Developed Countries (MDCs) or More Economically Developed Countries (MEDCs)
are low-income countries confronting severe structural impediments to sustainable development. They
are highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and have low levels of human assets.
Ex. Africa, Asia (excluding Japan), Latin America and the Caribbean, and Oceania (excluding Australia
and New Zealand).
Less Developed Countries (LDCs) or
Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs)
- The United Nations term
“Landlocked Developing Countries
“ describes countries with serious constraints on the overall socio-economic development. Due to lack of territorial access to the sea and therefore remoteness and isolation from world markets causing high transit and transportation costs.
Ex. Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Paraguay, Rwanda, Turkmenistan
Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
First World and Second World countries
Richer and More Developed Region
Developed parts of Asia, Australia and new
Zealand
Global North
Home to all G8 (France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, Canada and Russia) and the five permanent members of UN Security Council. As well as to Western Europe and the Outermost Regions of
the European Union
Global North
95% has enough food and shelter
Economy: industries and major businesses, commerce and finance Textiles, lumber, clothing, machinery, leather, and wooden goods Railroad Construction
Global North
Third World countries
Poor and Less Developed Region
Developing Asia, Africa, Latin America, including the Middle East
5% has enough food and shelter
Source for a Raw Materials of the
North Economy: Dependent entirely on Cotton Production and Agriculture
Global South
Major Differences of NORTH and SOUTH
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SL
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Population
Wealth
Standard of Living
Industrial Development
Agriculture
is a region in the Western Hemisphere, south of the United
States.
Latin Ameica
is the only nation in South America to do this on its own, and while it lacks a high enough migration rate to have an impact via the experiences of its citizens, it does so economically, either independently or through the recently formed BRICS.
Brazil
are also so powerful outside of the western world that
they rarely, if ever, have an impact on anything.
National Identities
are also so powerful outside of the western world that
they rarely, if ever, have an impact on anything.
National Identities
