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Examine the political, economic and cultural connotations of the following expressions: 'Developing countries', 'post-colonial states', 'Third World' and 'South'.What purpose do they serve?
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Ben Beeching PG286 - Politics and Society in the 'Third World' Dr. James Chiriyankandath Examine the political, economic and cultural connotations of the following expressions: 'Developing countries', 'post-colonial states', 'Third World' and 'South'. What purpose do they serve? Since the collapse of the global bipolar system in the early 1990's, academics and policy makers alike have experienced a great difficulty in accurately defining the world's group of countries that are not considered to be in an advanced economic state. Generalisations are proving difficult, for they fail to capture the tension between universal theories and a diverse developing world. For Kamrava, "the question of exactly what to call that group of countries that we once conveniently called the 'Third World' seems particularly puzzling" (Kamrava, 1995, 692). This complexity is reflected in the high number of labels that have been put forward in attempts to describe the former 'Third World'. Other suggestions have included 'new...
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