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SWEET TALK
PATERNALISM AND COLLECTIVE ACTION IN NORTH-SOUTH TRADE RELATIONS |
| By: |
J. P. Singh |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£99.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
080479412X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780804794121 |
| Publisher: |
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 January, 2017 |
| Series: |
Emerging Frontiers in the Global Economy |
| Pages: |
261 |
| Description: |
Although developed nations strive to create the impression that their hearts and pockets bleed for the developing world, they continually offer empty trade deals to "partners" in the global South that they regard as unequal. In Sweet Talk, J. P. Singh reveals how the North bars the South from flourishing, and how developing nations can garner more favorable concessions by drawing on their unique strengths and leveraging collective advocacy. |
| Synopsis: |
Developed nations strive to create the impression that their hearts and pockets bleed for the developing world. Yet, the global North continues to offer unfavorable trade terms to the global South. Truly fair trade would make reciprocal concessions to developing countries while allowing them to better their own positions. However, five hundred years of colonial racism and post-colonial paternalism have undermined trade negotiations.While urging developing countries to participate in trade, the North offers empty deals to "partners" that it regards as unequal. Using a mixed-methods approach, J. P. Singh exposes the actual position beneath the North's image of benevolence and empathy: either join in the type of trade that developed countries offer, or be cast aside as obstreperous and unwilling. Singh reveals how the global North ultimately bars developing nations from flourishing. His findings chart a path forward, showing that developing nations can garner favorable concessions by drawing on unique strengths and through collective advocacy. Sweet Talk offers a provocative rethinking of how far our international relations have come and how far we still have to go. |
| Publication: |
US |
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Stanford University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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