The document discusses the concept of the 'third world,' highlighting its dependence on western powers, delayed modernization, and socio-economic challenges such as poverty and unequal wealth distribution. It contrasts various ideologies and state-centered thinking, emphasizing the impact of neocolonialism and the dominance of multinational corporations. The text also addresses the complexity of world classifications, suggesting a nuanced perspective beyond simplistic north-south divides.

1. What IS the “Third World”? Dr. Christopher S. Rice

2. Third World

4. Source: http://www.nationsonline.org/bilder/third_world_map.jpg

5. Source: http://cla.calpoly.edu/~lcall/204/8-10/cold_war_map.jpg

6. Developing World

11. Other World

13. The Other World Dependence on Western Powers Delayed Modernization Population Explosion Unequal distribution of Wealth

16. Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:World_map_with_equator.jpg

18. West vs. Non-West

19. What IS the “non-Western world” anyway???

20. “ Those states and societies culturally outside Europe and its cultural enclaves in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Israel…”

21. “… the unassimilated immigrant enclaves of Africans, Asians, Middle Easterners, Caribbeans and Latins found within Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Israel.” Puchala, XXXXXX

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23. Ideology vs. State-Centered Thinking #1

24. a relatively coherent set of empirical and normative beliefs and thought, focusing on the problems of human nature, the process of history, and socio-political arrangements

25. Ideology vs. State-Centered Thinking

27. Ideology vs. State-Centered Thinking

28. Intra-State Interactions

29. Intra-State Interactions International Inter-Cultural Inter-Communal

30. Transnational Corporations

31. Explanation: Ideology vs. Power, Wealth #2

32. War/Peace vs. Struggle

33. Occidentalism

34. Emancipation: Process by which independence from the West and the dependencies created by the colonial past is gained

35. 2 Elements of Emancipation

36. Identity Narrative

37. “ The Empire Never Ended…” P.K. Dick

38. Neocolonialism

39. Hegemony: Total domination of a system by one element, whether overt or subtle

40. Modes of Hegemony Economic Multinational Corporations Transnational Corporations International Financial Institutions (World Bank, IMF) Cultural Media Language Advanced academic training

41. Third World

43. Third World = Non-West

44. “ In the coming world order, there will be winners and there will be losers. The losers will outnumber the winners by an unimaginable factor .” Jacques Attali (1991) Founding President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

45. Is it, “as one highly excited Latin American delegate put it at the pre-Rio Roots of the Future conference …past time ‘to stop talking about the ‘North and the South’ and the ‘South and the North’ and the ‘North within the South’ and the ‘South within the North’ and start talking about’ (in rough translation) ‘the f___ers and the f___ees’.” Tom Athanasiou, Divided Planet: The Ecology of Rich and Poor

46. POVERTY

47. Common Third World Issues Poverty Legacy of Colonialism Rapid Socio-Cultural Change (Globalization) Politics of Development Structural Readjustment Environmental Devastation Human Rights Rapid Urbanization Failed States (& Terrorism)

48. Associated Press 1997

49. A New Schematic? (In Four Worlds)

51. Bruce Sterling’s “World” Schematic First World: Global Capitalism, “the Market” Second World: All forms of Governance Third World: Commons-Based Peer Production Fourth World: “The Disorder” (Failed States, Crime)