09/07/2011 y y y y y TA Name Alexandra (201,203,207) Clyde (202,204,206) Sergio (205,208,209) Whats in a name? The Category of the Third World o Initially, a taken for granted concept (1950s-1980s) * Common problems seen as DEFINING the TW. (poverty, chaos) * Also significance of Cold War context with US/NATO vs Communist bloc o Later, dismissed out of hand as politically incorrect * Extensive diversity, pejorative connotations as problems * With end of Cold War, meaninglessness of numeric ordering y Communist Bloc, no second world, makes no sense. o Dr. Sil s view: more complex * Term not rel - Andrew Leahey