The international relations of the north-south divide historical inequality, contemporary disagreement and world politics Nicholas Lees

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lees, Nicholas, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Diplomacy.

international relations.

diplomacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Bristol Bristol University Press 2026

Summary:

" 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"-- De Gruyter Brill

Contents:

Introduction : historical inequality and contemporary disagreement

The concepts of north and south

Theorizing the north-south divide in international relations

A strategy for researching international disagreement

Debating across the divide : a text analysis of the United Nations General Debate

Geography and the north-south divide : how deep are the roots of international inequality?

State history in the making of the north-south divide : divergence and reversals during the European colonial era

The world economy and the north-south divide : structuralism revisited

Diversity in discontent : exploring foreign policy variation across the global south using cluster analysis

Conclusion : the enduring relevance of the north-south divide

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed November 19, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version Lees, Nicholas, 1983- International relations of the north-south divide

ISBN:

9781529241570

152924157X

9781529241563

1529241561

OCLC:

1547912096

Access Restriction:

Some versions Open access versions available from some providers open access