3rd world countries of focus (aka global south, developing countries, undeveloped countries)
characteristics
	instability/no democracy/military involvement
	poverty
	preindustrialization
	education/health
	technology
	overpopulation (high fertility caused by insecurity such as low education, bad healthcare, poverty)
	cellphones (poor traditional infrastructure)
	colonization
	oil?
	
areas
	sub saharan africa
	latin america
	asia (middle east)

4th world: underdeveloped areas otherwise developed countries

india
3rd world
history
	colonialism
		keep people fighting amongst each other to keep them from fighting the common evil
		engage in trade and lead into colonization
		usually take raw materials and trade for manufactured products
		control more and more territory to control trade base and remain profitable
		to maintain control, GB decides to divide and conquer threats in india
		cause intentional flaws in infrastructure to prevent communication and cooperation
		better education creates native intellectual elite, GB divides them on religion to prevent an uprising
	independence/partition
		the indian congress movement was a thought based and spoken resistance
		stopped calling british by titles
		ICM starts boycotting institutions
		expands to go beyond elite circles and city areas
		eventually gets independence, breaks up into pakistan and bangladesh (muslim) and india (hindu)
		indian independence act 1947, est constitution in 1950
		ghandi assassinated by hindu extremist
institutions
	congress domination
	executive - FPTP election system, multiparty
		president - Pratibha Patil
		PM - Manmohan Singh
	legislature - similar to german system, congress party still dominant
		council of states - upper house
		people's assembly - lower house
	judiciary
		supreme court
			ultimate court of appeals
			~2 dozen justices
			appointed by pres
			sit until 65
		
	parties
		congress party
	similarities to british system
		question hour - can hold leaders responsible, sometimes flashes of wit and humor
current issues

Endira Ghandi - second major PM, 1966-77, 1980-84
	daughter of naru
	declared state of emergency to deal with political unrest, lasts for a couple of years
	returned to power in 1980
	rule interrupted by assassination
	party names her son to PM
Rajiv Ghandi, 1984-89
	corruption allegations
	calls for elections, congress party wins, coalition takes power over congress
	assassinated in 1991 by tamil extremists
	current congress leader is rajiv's widow, her son is a member of the people's assembly