Conflict and Consensus in South/North Security

by Edited by Caroline Thomas , Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu

• ISBN13: 9780521130790
• ISBN10: 0521130794
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-11
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Images of famine, debt, economic stagnation and decay in the South, coupled with an uneasy acknowledgement of the interdependence of military and economic security, demand an urgent re-evaluation of the security relations between the South and North. In this 1989 volume, thirteen distinguished contributors address the central problem of competing conceptions of security. Security debates invariably give priority and prominence to the position of the West within an East/West equation. This work redresses this imbalance by highlighting the concerns and priorities of the developing states in the South/North dimensions at this time. Each of the six thematic parts comprises two contrasting treatments; one from the Third World perspective and the other from the viewpoint of the industrialised North. This book will be of use to students and policy makers as well as specialists of specific issues such as debt and political violence.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The International Political System and the Developing World

A view from the periphery

A view from the North

The Developing Countries and the International Economic Order

A view from the South

A view from the North

Alliances, Bases and Security: A Southern perspective Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu

A Northern perspective

Whose Crisis is the Debt Crisis

A view from the South

A view from the North

Intervention in the Developing World

A Southern perspective

A Northern perspective

Political Violence and the International System

A view from the South

A view from the North

Conclusion

Index

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