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TYPES OF STATES

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

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TYPES OF STATES

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

  2. INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACIES: CHARACTERISTICS • POLITICAL • Stable liberal democracy • ECONOMIC • High level of economic development

  3. 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.

  4. LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES:CHARACTERISTICS • POLITICAL: • Tend to have authoritarian regimes. • Struggle with political development/stability. • ECONOMIC: • Limited economic growth

  5. INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? (How do we measure it?)

  6. INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • Post-Industrial • Agricultural Industrial Service

  7. INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • Post-Materialism/Post-Modernism Stages • Pre-Modern • Basic Survival • Modernism (Materialism) • Values of Industrialism • Materialism • Rationalism and Reasoning

  8. Post-Materialism/Post-Modernism • Set of values that emphasize “Quality of Life” instead of material gain. • Health Care • Environment • Education

  9. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT per capita • The 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.

  10. INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • Human Development Index • Measures overall well-being of society: • Health, education, & income. • 1= Very Good • 0= Very Bad

  11. Human Development Index http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ 2. Australia 3. New Zealand

  12. Human Development Index

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