2006-10-15 09:19:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
The terms refer to the type of economy each nation has.
First world is a service based economy where most people work providing services (not manufacturing or doing manual labor)
Second world refers to those countries where the economy is based off of manufacturing, such as Europe in the Industrial Revolution or many Asian countries today.
Third world refers to undeveloped countries where the economy is agrarian based, typically they are pastoral or depend on horticulture because they don't have the technology to go to full scale agriculture.
Hope this helps.
2006-10-15 09:40:48 · answer #1 · answered by ddbain017 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is term is getting old. I will answer with the origins of this term. 1st worls is the west, 2nd is the comminist block and third world are the non aligned or minor powers. It is a cold war era term and is loosing its meaning. 3rd world will never be 2nd world its not a level thing like 3rd worst, 2nd beter 1st best.
2nd world countries would be China, while a third world country would be Rawanda.
2006-10-15 09:23:51 · answer #2 · answered by nekoolzec 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A third world country becomes "second" as soon as they start to become developed and industrialized. Read more about it at the link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_world
2006-10-15 09:24:41 · answer #3 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what is a third wolrd country? and who determinates it?
2006-10-15 09:22:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋