TYPES OF STATES
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TYPES OF STATES INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACIES (1st
World) COMMUNIST AND POST COMMUNIST (2nd
World) LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCs) (3rd
World)Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs)
INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACIES: CHARACTERISTICS POLITICAL
Stable liberal democracy
ECONOMIC High level of economic development
COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST: CHARACTERISTICS POLITICAL:
Communist: one-party, authoritarian regime.
Post-communist: authoritarian, democratic, or somewhere in between.
ECONOMIC: Communist: eliminate
economic inequality. Post-communist:
transforming to incorporate capitalism.
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES:CHARACTERISTICS POLITICAL:
Tend to have authoritarian regimes. Struggle with political development/stability.
ECONOMIC: Limited economic growth
INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? (HOW DO WE MEASURE IT?)
INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTPost-Industrial
Agricultural Industrial Service
INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTPost-Materialism/Post-Modernism
Stages
Pre-ModernBasic Survival
Modernism (Materialism)Values of Industrialism
Materialism Rationalism and Reasoning
POST-MATERIALISM/POST-MODERNISM
Set of values that emphasize “Quality of Life” instead of material gain.Health CareEnvironmentEducation
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITAThe total value of goods and services produced by an economy, divided by population of the country.
GNP: Includes income earned by citizens outside of the country.
INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTHuman Development Index
Measures overall well-being of society:
Health, education, & income.1= Very Good0= Very Bad
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
1. NORWAY 4. UNITED STATES
169. ZIMBABWE
Life Expectancy 81 Years 79.6
Years47 Years
Years of Schooling 12.6
Years 12.4 Years
7.2 Years
GDP per Capita $58,278 $46,653 $187
HDI 0.938 0.902 0.140
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ 2. Australia 3. New Zealand
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
Health Education Income HDI0
0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
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NorwayZimbabwe