The Global Politics of Unequal Development

by Payne

• ISBN13: 9780333740712
• ISBN10: 0333740718
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-05
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

Although the phrase "North-South divide" is not heard so much these days, the core issues which divide rich countries from poor countries in global politics are still very much with us. This path-breaking book offers a new way of thinking about these questions, grounded in the insights of global political economy and an interpretation of contemporary global politics as a contest between competing country development strategies.

Author Biography

Anthony Payne is Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Centre at the University of Sheffield.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
Preface	viii
List of Abbreviations	x
Part I Introduction
Framework of Analysis	3	(18)
The dominant concepts of the past	6	(5)
Conventional contemporary interpretations and their problems	11	(5)
The politics of critical political economy	16	(5)
Founding Theses	21	(28)
The hegemony debate	22	(6)
The globalization debate	28	(4)
The state debate	32	(4)
The development debate	36	(8)
The agenda of the book	44	(5)
Part II Structural Context
Material Capabilities	49	(24)
Size	50	(4)
Gross national income	54	(12)
Human development	66	(3)
Conclusion	69	(4)
Contending Ideas	73	(30)
Neoliberalism and the Washington Consensus	74	(5)
Third Way thinking and the post-Washington Consensus	79	(11)
Neoconservatism and the disintegration of `Western' consensus	90	(5)
Radical challenges	95	(5)
Conclusion	100	(3)
Global Institutions	103	(34)
The Group of 7/Group of 8	104	(3)
Global economic institutions	107	(17)
United Nations institutions	124	(8)
Conclusion	132	(5)
Part III Diplomatic Arenas
Finance	137	(30)
The financial architecture	138	(8)
Debt	146	(8)
Offshore finance	154	(6)
Aid	160	(5)
Conclusion	165	(2)
Trade	167	(32)
Singapore	171	(2)
Geneva	173	(1)
Seattle	174	(5)
Doha	179	(9)
Cancun	188	(8)
Conclusion	196	(3)
Environment	199	(32)
Climate change	201	(16)
Biodiversity	217	(6)
The World Summit on Sustainable Development	223	(3)
Conclusion	226	(5)
Part IV Conclusion
Unequal Development	231	(17)
Development as country strategy	233	(3)
The structural context of development	236	(4)
The arenas of development diplomacy	240	(3)
Bringing inequality (fully) in	243	(3)
Conclusion	246	(2)
Statistical Appendix	248	(10)
References	258	(21)
Index	279