A broad yet distinctive analysis of the growing political, economic, and social gap existing between the worlds northern and southern hemispheres. Featuring selected papers by incoming Presidents at the 2006 International Studies Associations annual meeting, this upper-level volume examines the genesis of the North-South divide, the ongoing policy problems between developed and lesser developed states, and how these issues influence current and future world politics. INDICE: List of Figures and Tables.Notes on Contributors.List of Abbreviations.1. Observations on the NorthSouth Divide: Rafael Reuveny (Indiana University) and William R. Thompson (Indiana University).Part I: Problems of Trade:.2. Globalization, Poverty, and the NorthSouth Divide: Arie M. Kacowicz (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).3. Reproducing the NorthSouth Divide: The Role of Trade Deficits and Capital Flows: Bruce E. Moon (Lehigh University).4. New Configuration or Reconfiguration? Conflict in NorthSouth Energy Trade Relations: Paul A. Williams (Bilkent University).Part II: Problems of Development:.5. Virtuous or Vicious Cycle? Human Rights, Trade, and Development: Robert G. Blanton (University of Memphis) and Shannon Lindsey Blanton (University of Memphis).6. Structural Adjustment, Development, and Democracy: Mark R. Brawley (McGill University, Montreal, Canada) and Nicole Baerg (McGill University, Montreal, Canada).7. War as Development in the North but not the South: Espen Moe (NorwegianUniversity of Science and Technology).8. Nature, Disease, and Globalization: An Evolutionary Perspective: Dennis Pirages (University of Maryland).Part III:Points of Conflict:.9. Challenging Hegemony: Political Islam and the NorthSouth Divide: Mohammed Ayoob (Michigan State University).10. Fear and Loathing inthe International System: Ay_e Zarakol (Washington and Lee University).11. Globalizing Media and NorthSouth Initiatives: Francis A. Beer (University of Colorado) and G. R. Boynton (University of Iowa).12. The UN Security Council and the NorthSouth Divide: Plus ça change?: Jane Boulden (Royal Military College of Canada).13. Failed States and Global Security: Empirical Questions and Policy Dilemmas: Stewart Patrick(Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies).14. Nuclear Proliferation and the Geocultural Divide: The March of Folly: J. David Singer (University of Michigan).Part IV: Alternative Paths to Ameliorating the NorthSouth Divide:.15. Lessons from/for BRICSAM about SouthNorth Relations: Economic Size Trumps All Else?: Andrew F. Cooper (University of Waterloo, Ontario), Agata Antkiewicz (Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Ontario), and Timothy M. Shaw (Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada).16. Dueling Imperialism or Principled Policies? A ComparativeAnalysis of EU and US Approaches to Trade and Development: Vicki Birchfield (Georgia Institute of Technology).17. Assessing Strategies for Reducing Global Poverty: Barry Hughes (University of Denver) and Mohammod T. Irfan (Universityof Denver, Colorado).18. NorthSouth Contradictions and Bridges at the World Social Forum: Christopher Chase-Dunn (University of California, Riverside), Ellen Reese (University of California, Riverside), Mark Herkenrath (University ofZurich), Rebecca Giem (University of California, Riverside), Erika Gutierrez (University of California, Riverside), Linda Kim (University of California, Riverside), and Christine Petit (University of California, Riverside).19. The Higher Realism: A US Foreign Policy for Transcending the NorthSouth Divide: Seyom Brown (Brandeis University).Index
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-6277-7
- Editorial: Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 416
- Fecha Publicación: 14/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés