2007-02-15 16:03:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Economics
so far as i know there's only one world...it's discriminating to address countries by saying first, second, and third...this was coined by US just after the cold war, to identify themselves as the first in the world, and Russia is only second, and the poor as third...but in modern economic standardisation we identify countries as either developed or developing.
2007-02-15 16:10:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
These are all dated terms now, but during the Cold War a 'first-world' country was a money-grabbing conservative capitalist nation where people were free (but not free from lynchings or McCarthyism). A second-world nation was a socialist (or as many have slightly incorrectly called them, communist) nation, where life wasn't that great either. A 'third-world' nation was a country that wasn't tempted to either side of the Cold War (this was seen as undesirable by the US, i.e. "You're either with us or against us")..
2007-02-16 00:15:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Second World" refers to the former communist-socialist, industrial states, (formerly the Eastern bloc, the territory and sphere of influence of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic) today: Russia, Eastern Europe (e.g., Poland) and some of the Turk States (e.g., Kazakhstan) as well as China.
After World War II the world split into two large geopolitical blocs and spheres of influence with contrary views on government and the politically correct society:
1 - The bloc of democratic-industrial countries within the American influence sphere, the "First World".
2 - The Eastern bloc of the communist-socialist states, the "Second World".
3 - The remaining three-quarters of the world's population, states not aligned with either bloc were regarded as the "Third World."
4 - The term "Fourth World", coined in the early 1970s by Shuswap Chief George Manuel, refers to widely unknown nations (cultural entities) of indigenous peoples, "First Nations" living within or across national state boundaries.
2007-02-16 00:10:21 · answer #3 · answered by kdoggg1 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What a great question!!
Second World used to refer to the old Communist bloc countries.
2007-02-16 00:10:35 · answer #4 · answered by Behaviorist 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The term "Second World" refers to the former communist-socialist, industrial states, the territory and sphere of influence of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic.
example Kazakhstan
2007-02-16 00:11:37 · answer #5 · answered by thomlynch84 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The United states of America one whom once was thought well by all! YETrecently failed and flawed with its moral and are no longer trusted nor honored! Soon to be third world! If they are not forgiven AFTER FIRST changing it ways of handling all man kind here and now past and present!
2007-02-16 00:32:08 · answer #6 · answered by wise 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a communist nation
2007-02-16 04:40:47 · answer #7 · answered by sushobhan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋