A Third World Country Report of Iraq
CHALLENGE OF THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT
A Third World Country Report of Iraq
Name
Dr. Rasool Nafisi
Sociology 300
A term paper presented to the General Studies Department
Strayer University Online in partial fulfillment for the completion of Sociology 300
General Studies Department (Sociology)
Strayer University Online
August 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dependency and Modernization Theories…………………………………………………… 4
Religion and Politics……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
Democracy and Dictatorship……………………………………………..…………………….. 6
Ethnic- Cultural Divisions………………………………………………………………………...7
Women and Development…………………..…………………………………………………………………. 8
Global Issues……………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
Revolutionary Change………………………………………….…………………………………………………..10
Soldiers and Politics………………………………….…………………………………………………………..11
Political Economy……………………………………………………………………………………………12
Conclusion………...……………………………………………………………………………….13
References………………………………………………………………………………………….14
Dependency and Modernization Theories Dependency theory is defined as a theory that attributed Third World underdevelopment to its economic and political dependence on the advanced industrial nations, also known as the core or First World Nations (Handelman, p.19). Moreover, Theotonio Dos Santos (1971) describes dependency as a “historical condition which shapes a certain structure of the world economy such that it favors some countries to the detriment of others and limits the development possibilities of the subordinate economies.” (p.226). Conversely, the modernization theory contends that “developing nations had to acquire modern cultural values and create modern political and economic institutions.” (Handelman, p.16). The transformation of a nation’s traditional cultures is considered an imperative factor for the assimilation of modernization. To be effective in the modernization theory “…theorists identified education, urbanization,
A Third World Country Report of Iraq
Name
Dr. Rasool Nafisi
Sociology 300
A term paper presented to the General Studies Department
Strayer University Online in partial fulfillment for the completion of Sociology 300
General Studies Department (Sociology)
Strayer University Online
August 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dependency and Modernization Theories…………………………………………………… 4
Religion and Politics……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
Democracy and Dictatorship……………………………………………..…………………….. 6
Ethnic- Cultural Divisions………………………………………………………………………...7
Women and Development…………………..…………………………………………………………………. 8
Global Issues……………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
Revolutionary Change………………………………………….…………………………………………………..10
Soldiers and Politics………………………………….…………………………………………………………..11
Political Economy……………………………………………………………………………………………12
Conclusion………...……………………………………………………………………………….13
References………………………………………………………………………………………….14
Dependency and Modernization Theories Dependency theory is defined as a theory that attributed Third World underdevelopment to its economic and political dependence on the advanced industrial nations, also known as the core or First World Nations (Handelman, p.19). Moreover, Theotonio Dos Santos (1971) describes dependency as a “historical condition which shapes a certain structure of the world economy such that it favors some countries to the detriment of others and limits the development possibilities of the subordinate economies.” (p.226). Conversely, the modernization theory contends that “developing nations had to acquire modern cultural values and create modern political and economic institutions.” (Handelman, p.16). The transformation of a nation’s traditional cultures is considered an imperative factor for the assimilation of modernization. To be effective in the modernization theory “…theorists identified education, urbanization,
References: Davis, E., (2008). Reflections on Religion and Politics in Post-Ba’thist Iraq. Retrieved from http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~spath/351/Readings/TAARII%20-%20Reflections%20on%20Religion%20&%20Politics%20in%20Post-Baathist%20Iraq.pdf Handelman, H