Moving Beyond North–South Theatre

Thomas Weiss

Third World Quarterly, 2009, vol. 30, issue 2, 271-284

Abstract: The North–South divide is counterproductive to the generation of norms and policies geared toward ensuring human security in a globalising world. Moreover, developing countries productively abandon Southern solidarity when it is in their perceived interests to do so. This article provides an historical overview of the origins of the geographical labels attached to the two main groups of countries and examines how the various constructed roles on the international stage in the global theatre are played by actors from the two major troupes, North and South. It concludes with some encouraging examples of changed stances within the supposedly ironclad categories.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/01436590802681033

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