Introduction
Developing or underdeveloped countries face many issues, including political, financial, social, and economic issues (Dirlik, 2018). These problems are faced by the countries first because they are not properly developed. Secondly, they are on their way to becoming a developed country, which will require many hurdles and bumps on the road. Most of the time, the problems that a developing country faces are caused by the fact that they don’t have proper resources.
Lack of resources gives rise to the blame game in third-world countries, which leads to the power game in which everyone wants to gain power from the other and destabilize the other (Przeworski et al., 1995). We have seen through our own eyes that the developed countries have not been involved in any kind of serious political war, but they always tried to make their economy more and more stable so that they can give their citizens a higher standard of living with the latest modes of living.
Whereas if we look towards the third world countries, we will come to know that those countries always remain involved in the political war game in which everyone tried their best to pull the legs of the others and to keep political instability in the country instead of keeping harmony in the country and making their country a peaceful place to live. The major problem that this political war game causes is the instability in the country. The political issues caused by the political parties in third-world countries are stopping these countries from economic progress (Schutz et al., 1993). This ultimately leads these countries to many economic problems like inflation, unemployment, poor management of resources, and many others.
Discussion
Yugoslavia, Egypt and India were considered to be members of the Third World after the end of World War II (Przeworski et al., 1995). This term was introduced for the countries that were lagging behind not only in terms of financial capital but also in terms of infrastructure and human development (Przeworski et al., 1995). Today, Latin America, Asia, and Africa are considered to be third-world countries, as most of the countries in these regions are underdeveloped (Dirlik, 2018). Countries of these continents are said to be underdeveloped as they are still fighting issues like water and sanitation, poverty, low income, population growth, and unemployment, which are further leading to unrest in society and less industrialization.
Political instability is the major reason why some countries that are on the list of developing countries never come on the list of developed countries. Political instability is the major reason for poverty. Sometimes, political instability can lead to tribalism and ethnic tension, or it can also lead to war (Barney, 2004). The war is fought between the poor and the rich of the country for their rights. We have examples of countries like Afghanistan, Somalia, and Iraq, which became involved in long-term conflicts, never became stable, and never took their name off the list of underdeveloped countries. Still, these countries have very little development. Whereas, countries like Pakistan, India, and Srilanka which were once considered to be underdeveloped, tried their best, first of all, to end the terrorism from their country, secondly, to end the political war game from their countries so that every government can complete their tenure bringing not only political stability in the country but also economic stability (Gerard, 2006).
There comes a question of how economic stability is connected with the country’s political stability. The answer to this question is whenever your country is facing terrorism or political instability, no investor will be willing to invest in the country, neither foreign nor local (Cevat, 2000). The major thing that an investor wants is to earn a profit on the investment. But if your country is facing political instability, that means there is no permanent policy for trading in the country. Every time a government take charge, new policies will be made, which will ultimately affect the investor.
Political stability leads to prosperity in the country, thus paving the path to make the country more developed. We have seen that the countries with developed economies are not facing any type of political instability, whereas the countries that are still on the list of either developing or underdeveloped countries are facing a lot of political instability (Gerard, 2006). A study was conducted on this issue and gave the following results (Dirlik, 2018).
Political Factors That Are Affecting Development In Developing Countries
Through the statistics of past studies, we have come to know that our proposition that “third world countries are more involved in political issues than developed countries” came true. Now it is evident that the countries in the list of either developing countries or under developed countries are facing more political instability in their countries instead of the developed countries. Here are some of the expected factors that might affect the political instability in developing countries.
Poor Management: Due to political factors, some countries, despite many efforts, face poverty, and one of the political factors is bad government (Cevat, 2000). In countries where governments are not capable of maintaining the finances and creating the infrastructure for the welfare of the citizens, those countries will definitely face poverty.
Corruption: If you are living in a country where corruption is inevitable, then you will realize how disheartening, disempowering and frustrating your life will be (Gerard, 2006). Because if you want to do something better for your country, you won’t be able to do that. Even for all the legal matters, you will have to bribe the authorities. This will ultimately hinder the way for investment, and the investors will hesitate to invest in the country, thus leading to unemployment, lower standards of living, and chaos in society.
Methodology
Through past studies, we came to know that our research question, “Are third world countries more involved in political issues than developed countries?” can be proved true if we successfully make a connection between political instability causing poor management, corruption and other factors that can hinder the way of a country from development and progress.
A sample size of 300 respondents from different developed and developing countries will be taken. These respondents will be students from different countries studying here in different universities. We will use judgmental and convenience sampling techniques and will pick the respondents. The sample will consist of 150 males and 150 females. Falling in the age bracket of 25 and above. An Interview Protocol will be created, consisting of 20 open-ended questions. Interviews will be conducted with each respondent, which will, on average, take 20-30 minutes per interview. For the record, we will ask the respondent to record the interview either audio or video as per the convenience of the respondent. We will also try to engage the respondents on call, i.e., the respondents who are from those countries and are somehow known to us.
Conclusions
Political instability is the major reason why some countries that are on the list of developing countries never come on the list of developed countries. If we look towards the third world countries, we will come to know that those countries always remain involved in the political war game in which everyone tried their best to pull the legs of the others and to keep political instability in the country instead of keeping harmony in the country and making their country a peaceful place to live. Previous studies have shown that developing countries are more involved in political instability than developed countries, but there were some limitations in those studies. For further research, we will keep some factors in mind on the basis of which we will further conduct our studies and take an insight into this issue.
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