Culture And Uneven Development

In a capitalistic world with limited resources, it isn 't an easy task to evenly distribute resources. Few countries will end up with more resources than others through coercive or deceptive means. This creates an uneven development. In 2013, wealthy countries are about 80 times richer than poor countries while before colonial ages, the differences were only 3 times, and it will be an ever-growing gap if nothing is done to change. But if we are to change anything, we first need to understand what is uneven development and what causes it? I believe uneven development is a culturally constructed social phenomenon that affects both the individuals and the states. I believe culture and uneven developments are correlated. The expansion of the culture …show more content…
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People with low income are forced to live in a poor neighborhood that provides less social welfare, less educated institution, poor living environment. They lack access to housing, health care, foods, and education. Their development are totally in a slower pace than individuals in better neighborhood. Uneven development occurs at a state level too. There are obvious differences in countries regarding their development. Wealthy states have more foreign companies ' investments and more deciding power than poorer states. Within the states, people with the means of transportation and wealth are able to move to urbanized area and enjoy the rapid growth there because the urban area are more densely populated with many job opportunities. Whereas in suburb areas, they are usually poorer, and people with less wealth will more likely be living here. Suburb area will be difficult to develop faster because people that can pay more tax (the wealthy class) won 't be paying the tax for the suburb area 's government, but they get it from people of lower background and less