TYPES OF STATES

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TYPES OF STATES INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACIES (1 st World) COMMUNIST AND POST COMMUNIST (2 nd World) LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCs) (3 rd World) Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs)

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TYPES OF STATES. INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACIES (1 st World) COMMUNIST AND POST COMMUNIST (2 nd World) LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCs) (3 rd World) Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs). INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACIES: CHARACTERISTICS. POLITICAL Stable liberal democracy ECONOMIC - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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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)

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INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACIES: CHARACTERISTICS POLITICAL

Stable liberal democracy

ECONOMIC High level of economic development

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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.

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LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES:CHARACTERISTICS POLITICAL:

Tend to have authoritarian regimes. Struggle with political development/stability.

ECONOMIC: Limited economic growth

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INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? (HOW DO WE MEASURE IT?)

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INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTHuman Development Index

Measures overall well-being of society:

Health, education, & income.1= Very Good0= Very Bad