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 DEVELOPMENTHuman Development Index
Measures overall well-being of society:
Health, education, & income.1= Very Good0= Very Bad