Global Divide between North and the South Flashcards
The socio-economic and political categorization of countries
Cold-War-era generalization into the two distinct groups
Split into relatively richer and poorer nations, ignores geographic position of some countries
Global Divide “north-south divide”
Global north contains all countries ___ in the ___ and the Global South vice versa
North of the Equator and Northern Hemisphere
Difference between what the North and South advocate
North - advocate for collective action to protect the environment
South - argue for social and economic justice in practice
A divisionary line which separated the rich countries in the north from the poor countries in the south
Encircles the world at latitude of 30 degrees N.
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
Comprised of industrial but not democratic, centrally planned, socialist or communist bloc countries
Second World Country
Comprised of groups that dont fir into first or second world countries
Third World Country
Examples of each type of Country
US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan
China, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, Vietnam
Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Zimbabwe
Examples of each type of Country
US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan
China, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, Vietnam
Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Zimbabwe
Parts of Wallerstein’s world systems theory
High profit goods go to non core countries
Cheap labour and raw materials go to the core
The Core (north)
Semiperiphery
Periphery (south)
Highly industrialized countries with high per capita incomes, low birth rates and death rates, high levels of industrialization and urbanization
More Developed Countries (MDCs)
USA, Canada, Japan, Europe
Low income countries confronting severe structural impediments to sustainable development. Highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks
Less Developed Countries (LDCs)
Africa, Asia (except Japan), Latin America and the Carribean
Comprises the G8
France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Japan, United States, Canada, and Russia
