For what it is worth, when a collective term is unavoidable I use
high income, low income .. and less often, economies in transition.
Most often these seem simply more accurate as the reference isn't really to
a state of 'development' or an alternative, and unfortunately too often
implied
Hello all,
I find this discussion fascinating as I have spent the bulk of my life under
shifting definitions of my race, ethnicity, and economic status (as opposed to
class). As a New Yorker of Puerto Rican and West Indian descent (Dominica,
not the DR), I started out as Negro which shifted
I wasn't going to get into this one, but will offer that I've stopped using
Third World for some time. It's a legacy term, if you will, and it's not
surprising that it is still in circulation (and it's better than some other
legacy terms in the field, like underdeveloped). I understand its origins
] Terminology its discontents (Re: Third World)
I wasn't going to get into this one, but will offer that I've stopped using
Third World for some time. It's a legacy term, if you will, and it's not
surprising that it is still in circulation (and it's better than some other
legacy terms in the field
