Är en annan värld möjlig? - En studie från urban- till world-bias
(2006)Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- The purpose of this thesis is to explain one aspect of how and why the development in the third world is lagging behind. The precondition is that development through an agricultural revolution is necessary and that all countries benefit from trading. But these two conditions are not met today. By using the urban-bias and the world system theory I have analysed how the situation appears to be according to the precondition. It appears that both the urban-bias and the world system theory are essential to understand how and why the situation in third world still has not reached the same development phase as most other countries. With the urban-bias the elite in the city acquire investments from the rural to urban areas which undermine the... (More)
- The purpose of this thesis is to explain one aspect of how and why the development in the third world is lagging behind. The precondition is that development through an agricultural revolution is necessary and that all countries benefit from trading. But these two conditions are not met today. By using the urban-bias and the world system theory I have analysed how the situation appears to be according to the precondition. It appears that both the urban-bias and the world system theory are essential to understand how and why the situation in third world still has not reached the same development phase as most other countries. With the urban-bias the elite in the city acquire investments from the rural to urban areas which undermine the development in rural areas. And according to the world system theory the countries in the third world are thoroughly kept dependent on the richer countries in the north. (Less)
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- author
- Hyldéen, Anton
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2006
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- agricultural development, Urban-bias, world system theory, third world., Social and economic history, Ekonomisk och social historia
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1334940
- date added to LUP
- 2006-05-31 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2010-08-03 10:49:16
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abstract = {{The purpose of this thesis is to explain one aspect of how and why the development in the third world is lagging behind. The precondition is that development through an agricultural revolution is necessary and that all countries benefit from trading. But these two conditions are not met today. By using the urban-bias and the world system theory I have analysed how the situation appears to be according to the precondition. It appears that both the urban-bias and the world system theory are essential to understand how and why the situation in third world still has not reached the same development phase as most other countries. With the urban-bias the elite in the city acquire investments from the rural to urban areas which undermine the development in rural areas. And according to the world system theory the countries in the third world are thoroughly kept dependent on the richer countries in the north.}},
author = {{Hyldéen, Anton}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Är en annan värld möjlig? - En studie från urban- till world-bias}},
year = {{2006}},
}