GLOBAL

DIVIDES:
THE NORTH
AND THE
SOUTH
While globalization is
phenomenon,
regionalism is also
seen as political and
economic
phenomenon
 REGION
Refers to group of
countries situated in the
same geographic location
or amalgamate one another
to oversee flows and policy
choices.
 REGIONALIS
M
- A political process
characterized by economic
policy cooperation and
coordination among
countries
( Claudio, 2018 )
 REGIONALIZATIO
N
-The concentration of
economic flow within
region thereby binding
together the regions
economy
 Since Regionalism is a
process, regions are not
given or naturally created.
They are the product of
political and economical
actors, and even social
movement
 Regions group and divide
due to common traits and
vested interest. The world is
divided according to socio-
economic and political
aspects.
NORTH-SOUTH
DIVIDE
The North-South Divide or Rich-Poor Divide
is the socio-economic and political division
between the wealthy developed countries
known as “the North”, and the poorer
developing countries or “the South”
 GLOBAL NORTH
• Mostly encompasses the West and the First
World, along with many of the Second
World.
• Home of all the G8 ( Canada, France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, US,
and European Union)
• It also includes the outermost regions of the
European Union, Australia, New Zealand,
and developed members of Asia ( the Four
Asian Tigers - Hongkong, Singapore,
Taiwan, and South Korea)
 GLOBAL SOUTH
• Refers to regions of Latin America, Asia,
Africa, and Oceania.
• It also includes the countries belonging to
the Third World and Periphery. Regions
outside Europe and North America
 BRANDT LINE

- Proposed by Willy Brandt in 1980s

attempted to show growing income inequality
between countries.
GLOBAL SOUTH
vs
THE THIRD
WORLD
The emergence of the term Global South is in
part to aid countries in the Southern
Hemisphere to work in collaboration on
political, economic, social, environment,
cultural, and technical issues. This is called a
South-South Cooperation (SSC)
“ A political and economical term referring to
the long term goal of pursuing world
economic changes that mutually benefit
countries in the Global South and lead to
greater solidarity among the disadvantaged in
the world system” (Gray, 2016)
 Global South was first used in 1969 in a
contemporary political sense and continued to
gain appeal throughout the second half of the
20 century.
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 Alfred Sauvy (1898-1990) – A French
demographer, anthropologist and economic
historian who coined the term “the Third
World” in 1952, comparing it with Third
State, a concept that emerged during the
French Revolution which refers to the French
population
 The term was accepted because it clearly
differentiated the poor countries from the First
World where countries are wealthy, and to the
Second World ( communist states ) though not
wealthy but characterized by greater order,
higher incomes, and longer expectancies
(Butler, 2007)
 GLOBAL
RELATIONS
IN LATIN
AMERICA
 o Latin America, like Africa, has small
populations but endowed with rich natural
resources.
o This region is target for grand-scale pillage
for capital accumulation by Europe and the
US.
o Countries in Latin America were under
control of either Spain or Portugal during
Colonial Era
o In 19th century, the world capitalist system
exploited the peonized peasants. The
tillers, laborer, and educated were subject
to brutality by big agrarian landowners
DIFFERENT WAVES OF GLOBALIZATION
IN LATIN AMERICA (DANILO ANTON,
1988)

1. MILITARY WAVE
2. ECONOMIC WAVE
3. CULTURAL WAVE
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