The International Relations of the North–South Divide
Historical Inequality, Contemporary Disagreement and World Politics
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The International Relations of the North–South Divide
Historical Inequality, Contemporary Disagreement and World Politics
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This book examines the significance of both historical and contemporary inequality in shaping diplomatic disagreements in international relations.
The author demonstrates that the North-South divide has endured into the 21st century by drawing on three decades of data measuring the foreign policy positions of states on divisive global issues, including new text-based measures of international priorities within the United Nations General Assembly. This divide reflects the dissatisfaction of many states of the Global South with the post-Cold War international order, owing to historical legacies of unequal development.
Wide-ranging and rigorous, this new empirical investigation demonstrates the ongoing relevance of material inequality for international politics and the multilateral system.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: Historical Inequality and Contemporary Disagreement
- 2 The Concepts of North and South
- 3 Theorizing the North–South Divide in International Relations
- 4 A Strategy for Researching International Disagreement
- 5 Debating across the Divide: A Text Analysis of the United Nations General Debate
- 6 Geography and the North–South Divide: How Deep Are the Roots of International Inequality?
- 7 State History in the Making of the North–South Divide: Divergence and Reversals during the European Colonial Era
- 8 The World Economy and the North–South Divide: Structuralism Revisited
- 9 Diversity in Discontent: Exploring Foreign Policy Variation across the Global South Using Cluster Analysis
- 10 Conclusion: The Enduring Relevance of the North–South Divide
- Appendix: Research Design and Methodology
- Bibliography
- Index