The Third World State

The Third World

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OSCAR MONGE CRUZ FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS POLITICAS Y SOCIALES Lic. R.I.

QUINTO SEMESTRE INGLES V ALBA VALDEZ IRASEMA

4.3 SUMMARY

THE THIRD WORLD STATE

The term Third world arose throughout the Cold War to describe countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Communist Bloc. Categorizing the nations of the earth into three groups based on social, political, and economic divisions.

What are the characteristics of the third world?

Third world countries are character for being very poor, it became a stereotype such that people commonly refer to undeveloped countries

Third world countries comprises mainly

>Africa >Latin America >Asia >Europe (non-aligned)

The third world has also been linked to the world economic division as “margin” countries in the world organization that is dominated through the “core” countries. A number of Third World countries are former colonies. Especially smaller ones, were faced with the challenges of nation and institution-structure on their own for the first time.

Through the end of the Cold War, several Third World countries has adopted capitalist or communist economic models and sustained to receive support from the face they had chosen. Through the end of the 1960, the thought of the Third World came to symbolize countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America that were measured underdeveloped through the West based on diversity of aspects.

Though, despite decades of getting aid and experiencing dissimilar growth models (which have had extremely little success) several of them are still dependent ton urbanized countries and are deep in debt.

In excess of the last few decades, global populations expand in poorer countries, rural population are flocking to municipalities in a long urban migration though

resulting in the making of huge shanty cities and slums a lot of times there is a clear distinction flanked by first and third worlds.

COLONIALISM AND PATTERNS OF NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS

What are the causes for the rise of national liberation movements?

>The Atlantic Charter (self-determination)

>Aftermath of WW2 (debt)

>Colonies Disgruntled after WW2 (Independence)