6 Views of Development and Underdevelopment are Subject
6 Views of Development and Underdevelopment are Subject to Change How development is measured and the limitations of each measure Different theories that help to explain development The languages and images that are used to explain development
Chapter 6: Views of Development & Underdevelopment are Subject to Change Measuring global inequality § GNP per capita Disadvantage § Only showed the average wealth of a country § Local cost of living was not taken into account § Social and environmental costs associated with development could not be measured
Chapter 6: Views of Development & Underdevelopment are Subject to Change Human Development Index (HDI) Advantage § Countries that have a very high HDI are classified as developed § Better measure of development because it is a composite measure § How a country chooses to spend its money is also important. The HDI takes this into account
Chapter 6: Views of Development & Underdevelopment are Subject to Change Human Development Index (HDI) Disadvantage § Conceals levels of inequality within country § Fails to include any ecological considerations
Chapter 6: Views of Development & Underdevelopment are Subject to Change Theories of global inequality Modernisation Theory – Rostow’s Stages of Growth § Traditional subsistence economy § Preconditions for take-off § Take-off to maturity § The drive to maturity § The age of high-mass consumption Eurocentric Dependency Theory – Frank § Limitations – Developing countries were doomed to remain underdeveloped
Chapter 6: Views of Development & Underdevelopment are Subject to Change Images of developing countries § Increasing hunger problem in developing countries § Undernourishment § Media influence
Chapter 6: Views of Development & Underdevelopment are Subject to Change Language used to describe global inequality § Changing language used to describe global inequality § Various terms used to describe differences between developed and developing world § The North-South Divide § First, Second and Third world § ‘majority world’ § ‘minority world’
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