‘THIRD WORLD’ EMERGENCE AND THE ISSUE OF INEQUALITY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THEORETICAL ANSWERS FROM GLOBAL NORTH AND SOUTH

Authors

  • Lucas Guerra Instituto de Relações Internacionais de Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/cg.v8i1.67082

Abstract

The present article aims to present an analysis of the theoretical responses proposed from both the North and the Global South to the issue of international inequality highlighted by the emergence of the 'Third World' in international politics. We depart from a qualitative methodology, based on the bibliographic revision of authors from the Global North and South in IR and similar areas, noting through this that the perspectives developed in each of these epistemic places point in opposite directions: those formulated in the South high-light the intrinsic relation between inequality and the historical / structural functioning of the international economy, while those formulated in the North countries propose an assimilation of the third world countries to the development models of the Western industrialized countries. We conclude, therefore, that the geo-graphic-epistemic place of the theorizer directly influences in him/her analysis and theoretical and political prescriptions.

Key words: International Inequality; Global South; North Global; Geopolitics of Knowledge; International Relations Theory

Author Biography

Lucas Guerra, Instituto de Relações Internacionais de Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio).

Mestrando em Relações Internacionais pelo Instituto de Relações Internacionais de Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio). Financiamento de pesquisa pela Coordenação de Aperfeiçoameto de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES - Brasil, código de financiamento 001.

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2019-07-28

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Guerra, L. (2019). ‘THIRD WORLD’ EMERGENCE AND THE ISSUE OF INEQUALITY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THEORETICAL ANSWERS FROM GLOBAL NORTH AND SOUTH. Conjuntura Global, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/cg.v8i1.67082

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2019)

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