Rafael Reuveny & William R. Thompson 
North and South in the World Political Economy [PDF ebook] 

A broad yet distinctive analysis of the growing political,
economic, and social gap existing between the world’s
northern and southern hemispheres. Featuring papers selected by the
ISA President from the 2006 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.

* * An upper-level text ideal for academic libraries, think tanks,
and libraries of policy institutions

* Organized into three distinct focus clusters: Problems
afflicting the global South — trade, development, financial
crises, structural adjustment, democratization, human rights,
disease; Specific conflicts between North and South — energy,
terrorism, weak states, nuclear weapon proliferation; Solutions to
reduce the North-South gap — foreign aid programs, global media,
democratization, political power in the United Nations, the
emerging powers phenomenon, transnational social movements, and
Northern foreign policy adjustments

* Tackles the tough questions likely to dominate international
relations discourse for decades to come

Tabla de materias

List of Figures and Tables.

Notes on Contributors.

List of Abbreviations.

1. Observations on the North-South Divide: Rafael Reuveny
(Indiana University) and William R. Thompson (Indiana
University).

Part I: Problems of Trade:.

2. Globalization, Poverty, and the North-South Divide:
Arie M. Kacowicz (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).

3. Reproducing the North-South Divide: The Role of Trade
Deficits and Capital Flows: Bruce E. Moon (Lehigh University).

4. New Configuration or Reconfiguration? Conflict in
North-South 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 (Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada) and Nicole Baerg
(Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada).

7. War as Development – in the North but not the South:
Espen Moe (Norwegian University 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
North-South Divide: Mohammed Ayoob (Michigan State
University).

10. Fear and Loathing in the International System: Ayse
Zarakol (Washington and Lee University).

11. Globalizing Media and North-South Initiatives: Francis
A. Beer (University of Colorado) and G. R. Boynton (University of
Iowa).

12. The UN Security Council and the North-South 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
North-South Divide:.

15. Lessons from/for BRICSAM about South-North 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 Comparative
Analysis 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 (University of
Denver, Colorado).

18. North-South Contradictions and Bridges at the World
Social Forum: Christopher Chase-Dunn (University of California,
Riverside), Ellen Reese (University of California, Riverside), Mark
Herkenrath (University of Zurich), 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
North-South Divide: Seyom Brown (Brandeis University).

Index

Sobre el autor

William R. Thompson is Rogers Professor of Political Science
at Indiana University, Bloomington. His recent books include
Globalization and Global History (with Barry Gills, 2006);
Strategic Rivalry: Space, Position, and Conflict
Escalation in World Poltiics (with Michael Colaresi and Karen
Rasler, 2007); and Globalization as Evolutionary Process
(with George Modelski and Tessaleno Devezas, 2007) He was the
President of the International Studies Association in
2005-2006.

Rafael Reuveny is Professor in the School of Public and
Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is the
author of numerous academic articles, coauthor of Growth, Trade
and Systemic Leadership, (2004) with William R.
Thompson; coeditor of Trade and Environment, (2005)
with John W. Maxwell; and coeditor of Coping with Contemporary
Terrorism, forthcoming in 2008. He was the Program Chair of the
yearly meeting of the International Studies Association, 2006.