The Basics
System Actors
Transnational issues-any issues that transcend state political borders
Zero-sum v. Positive sum outcomes
Global North-Global South Economic Divide
Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs) and Emerging markets
Lesser Developed Countries (LDCs)
Countries in Transition (CITs)
Central and Eastern European former East bloc Soviet satellite countries and former Soviet republics (FSRs)
3 = GN (Czech Rep., Slovakia, Slovenia), 3 = Emerging (Poland, Hungary, Russia), rest = GS
| Global North | Global South |
| Industrialized | NICs*
more industrialized, most agrarian |
|
Donors of foreign
assistance |
Rely
on foreign assistance |
|
Well-developed
physical infrastructure |
Poorly
developed physical infrastructure |
| Exporters of technology |
Exporters of primary resources |
| Cutting edge of
technology |
Importers of technology |
| Technology to extract
resources |
Rely on GN to extract, refine resources |
|
Well-developed
service infrastructure |
Poorly developed service infrastructure |
|
Well-developed civil institutions |
Institutionalized corruption |