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CHAPTER 12The North-South Gap

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Seventh Edition

Joshua S. Goldstein

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World Poverty• Terms for countries: Less-developed countries

(LDCs) or developing countries• People who die from malnutrition die because

they cannot afford to buy food• Half the world’s population has inadequate water

supply• Half of all people globally have incomes of less

than $2 a day

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Commodity Structure of World Trade by Region

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Why Such World Poverty?• Imperialism• Colonialism• Economic accumulation• Capitalism• Socialism• Marxism• World system theory• Core, periphery, and semi-periphery• Post-colonial dependency

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Conquest of the World

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Areas of White Minority Rule in Africa, 1952-1994

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Borderlands, Railroads, and Resources in Angola and Namibia

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Who’s Hungry

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Refugee Populations, 2003

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Revolution

• Revolutionary movements

• Post-revolutionary governments