The Global North/South Divide

A descriptive essay on the Globla North/South divide. Explores the social, cuptural and economic differences that exist between the regions defined as the global north and the global south. The theory of the Global North and Global South is a new geopolitical perspective. It divides the world into two blocs – the industrialized countries of the global North and the poor countries of the South on the global level of analysis.
While “Global South” is sometimes used as a synonym for the more familiar “third world” that term has fallen into disfavor. This essay looks at globalization and discusses how it has exacerbated the pre-existing inequalities between the poor global south and the wealthy global north. It illustrates how globalization forces some people (predominantly in the southern regions of the planet) to work while permitting other people (predominantly individuals residing in the global north) to become wealthy.

Final Essay

Global North/South Divide

History 116

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The theory of the Global North and Global South is a new geopolitical

perspective. It divides the world into two blocs – the industrialized countries of the

global North and the poor countries of the South on the global level of analysis.

While “Global South” is sometimes used as a synonym for the more familiar “third

world” that term has fallen into disfavor. This essay looks at globalization and

discusses how it has exacerbated the pre-existing inequalities between the poor

global south and the wealthy global north. It illustrates how globalization forces

some people (predominantly in the southern regions of the planet) to work