World economy and international economic relations

Selected issues of the world socio-economic development in the 20th and 21st centuries

Economic Annals-XXI

Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 144, Issue 9-10(1), Pages: 10-13

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Prendecki, K., Kil, K., & Rejman, K. (2014). Selected issues of the world socio-economic development in the 20th and 21st centuries. Economic Annals-XXI, 9-10(1), 10-13. https://ea21journal.world/index.php/ea-v144-02/

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Krzysztof Prendecki
PhD (Sociology),
Assistant Professor,
Rzeszow University of Technology
12 Powstancow Warszawy Str., Rzeszow, 35-959, Poland
kprendecki@poczta.onet.pl

Krzysztof Kil
Master (Finance),
Assistant Professor,
Cracow University of Economics
27 Rakowicka Str., Cracow, 31-510, Poland
krzysztof.kil@uek.krakow.pl

Krzysztof Rejman
PhD (Sociology),
Associate Professor,
Vice Rector,
The Bronislaw Markiewicz State Higher School of Technology and Economics in Jaroslaw
16 Czarnieckiego Str., Jaroslaw, 37-500, Poland
krejman@poczta.onet.pl

Selected issues of the world socio-economic development in the 20th and 21st centuries

Abstract. This paper presents the most important dilemmas concerning socio-economic development worldwide, especially the matters of wealth inequality between countries in «the South» and «the North», and also controversies over colonisation and decolonisation. In the paper we present numerous examples illustrating the lack of an explicit division of the world into the poor South and the rich North. We also take re-colonisation into consideration, as a concept of transformations in the contemporary world that is suggested in modern researches.

We are now past the decolonisation period, and currently none of the old colonial empires owns colonies in the common meaning of the word. However, the topic is still relevant, as we can still hear mentions of so-called post-colonialism, and the swirling economic discussions still have to take into account history, geography and the ideological background.

Keywords: Socio-Economic Development; Social Inequalities; Colonisation; De-Colonisation; Re-Colonisation; Poverty

JEL Classification: A13; A14; B20

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Received 01.08.2014

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