The South at the End of the Twentieth Century: Rethinking the Political Economy of Foreign Policy in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America (International Political Economy Series)

This collection is concerned with revisiting and redefining the political economy - both empirical and theoretical - of 'foreign policy' in the South as we approach the twenty-first century: the position of post-colonial states and societies in the post-Bretton Woods and Cold War world. With a focus on Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America, this collection comparatively examines the impact of changing political and economic structures upon policy-makers and civil societies in the South. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The South at the End of the Twentieth Century: An Overview....Pages 3-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 The End of a Millennium: Changing Structures of World Order and the Post-Cold War Division of Labour....Pages 15-27 Triangles, Wrecked Angles and Beyond: The Post-Cold War Division of Power....Pages 28-40 The New World Disorder: Towards Managed Trade and Economic Partnership for the Next Century....Pages 41-54 Front Matter....Pages 55-55 Europe and the South in the 1990s: Disengagement to the South and Integration to the North of the Sahara....Pages 57-78 Regional Approaches to Security in the Third World: Lessons and Prospects....Pages 79-94 The World Bank and NGOs....Pages 95-112 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 Political Conditionality and Prospects for Recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 115-129 Reflections on the State, Democracy and NGOs in Africa....Pages 130-137 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 New Regionalisms in Central Asia in the 1990s....Pages 141-156 Malaysia and Thailand: Models for Economic Development at the Margins?....Pages 157-167 Front Matter....Pages 169-169 Structural Change in the Caribbean Compared: Graduation or Marginalization in the World Economy?....Pages 171-187 Caribbean Trade Options: Playing the North American, European and Latin American Cards....Pages 188-209 Globalizing Civil Society: Interpreting International NGOs in Central America....Pages 210-225 Front Matter....Pages 227-227 Survival in the 1990s: Rethinking the Political Economy of Foreign Policy in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America....Pages 229-243 Back Matter....Pages 244-270 Recent changes in the global political economy pose major challenges to the peoples of the South as policy-makers and individuals alike seek to (re)define and secure their positions in the post-Bretton Woods and Cold War era. The emergence of new states, institutions, issues, political and economic relations, as well as new approaches which seek to make sense of these changes, have led many analysts to lament the passing of the old, bipolar, world order. For others, this marks a time of optimism: the chance to create a new, perhaps more just, world order. This collection of essays taken from a series of international symposia held at Dalhousie University examines comparatively the impact of these issues and events in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America in order to better assess the prospects for peace and development in the South at the end of the twentieth century. [edited By] Larry A. Swatuk And Timothy M. Shaw. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.