The demographer, anthropologist, and historian Alfred Sauvy, in an article published in the French magazine See more

The "Three Worlds Theory" developed by Mao Zedong is different from the Western theory of the Three Worlds or Third World. For example, in the Western theory, China and India belong respectively to the second and third w… See more

Most Third World countries are former colonies. Having gained independence, many of these countries, especially smaller ones, were faced with the challenges of nation- and institution-building on their own for the first … See more

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• Aijaz, Ahmad (1992). In theory: Classes, nations, literatures. London: Verso Books.
• Bauer, Peter T. (1981). Equality, the Third World, and economic delusion. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978067425… See more