A broad yet distinctive analysis of the growing political, economic, and social gap existing between the worlds 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 institutionsOrganized 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 adjustmentsTackles the tough questions likely to dominate international relations discourse for decades to come

William R. Thompson is Rogers Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. His recent books includeGlobalization and Global History (with Barry Gills, 2006);Strategic Rivalry:Space, Position, and Conflict Escalation in World Poltiics (with Michael Colaresi and Karen Rasler, 2007); andGlobalization 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 ofGrowth, Trade and Systemic Leadership, (2004) with William R. Thompson; coeditor ofTrade and Environment, (2005) with John W. Maxwell; and coeditor ofCoping with Contemporary Terrorism, forthcoming in 2008. He was the Program Chair of the yearly meeting of the International Studies Association, 2006.

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

Part I: Problems of Trade:.

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

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

4. New Configuration or Reconfiguration? Conflict in NorthSouth 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 (McGill University, Montreal, Canada) and Nicole Baerg (McGill 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 NorthSouth Divide: Mohammed Ayoob (Michigan State University).

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

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

12. The UN Security Council and the NorthSouth 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 NorthSouth Divide:.

15. Lessons from/for BRICSAM about SouthNorth 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. NorthSouth 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 NorthSouth Divide: Seyom Brown (Brandeis University).

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