Narratives of emergence: Rising powers and the end of the Third World?

This article examines recent arguments from development economists, from historians and from international relations specialists that do challenge the continued relevance of the idea of the Third World. It then examines five reasons why these arguments are wrong. We can indeed understand much about...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Hurrell, Andrew
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Brasil
Recursos:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/308
Acesso em linha:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/308
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:BRICs
Global South
Third World
Emerging Powers
Sul Global
terceiros mundo
poderes emergentes
Descrição
Resumo:This article examines recent arguments from development economists, from historians and from international relations specialists that do challenge the continued relevance of the idea of the Third World. It then examines five reasons why these arguments are wrong. We can indeed understand much about emerging powers in terms of how they are seeking to navigate and best position themselves within an existing state-centric, liberal and capitalist order whilst accepting many of the underlying assumptions and values of that order. But the nature of that navigation has been shaped by their historical trajectory and by the developmental, societal and geopolitical context of their emergence. JEL classification: F02.