Editing Third World (section)

==Etymology==
The demographer, anthropologist, and historian [[Alfred Sauvy]], in an article published in the French magazine ''{{lang|fr|[[Le Nouvel Observateur|L'Observateur]]}}'', August 14, 1952, coined the term ''third world'' ({{lang|fr|tiers monde}}), referring to countries that were playing a small role in international trade and business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sauvi |first=Alfred |title=TROIS MONDES, UNE PLANÈTE. |url=http://www.homme-moderne.org/societe/demo/sauvy/3mondes.html |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=www.homme-moderne.org |language=French |publication-date=August 14, 1952}}</ref> His usage was a reference to the [[Estates-General of 1789|Third Estate]] ({{lang|fr|tiers état}}), the commoners of France who, before and during the [[French Revolution]], opposed the clergy and nobles, who composed the First Estate and Second Estate, respectively (hence the use of the older form ''tiers'' rather than the modern {{lang|fr|troisième}} for "third"). Sauvy wrote, "This third world ignored, exploited, despised like the third estate also [[What Is the Third Estate?|wants to be something]]."<ref>Literal translation from French</ref> In the context of the [[Cold War]], he conveyed the concept of political [[Non-Aligned Movement|non-alignment]] with either the capitalist or communist bloc.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Wolf-Phillips |first=Leslie |date=1987 |title=Why 'Third World'?: Origin, Definition and Usage |journal=[[Third World Quarterly]] |volume=9 |number=4 |pages=1311–1327|doi=10.1080/01436598708420027 }}</ref> Simplistic interpretations quickly led to the term merely designating these unaligned countries.<ref name="Gregory">{{Cite book |editor-last=Gregory |editor-first=Derek |others=et al. |date=2009 |title=Dictionary of Human Geography |edition=5th |publisher=[[Wiley-Blackwell]]}}</ref>