Title: Power, powerlessness, and globalization : contemporary politics in the global south /
Authors: Agyeman, Opoku, 1942-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Globalization Political aspects Developing countries.; Globalization Economic aspects Developing countries; World politics; Globalization Economic aspects; Globalization Political aspects; International economic relations; International relations; World politics; Developing countries Foreign relations.; Developing countries Foreign economic relations.; Developing countries
Contents: Introduction : power versus powerlessness -- Asia -- Latin America : from "backwater" of the United States to an emerging Bolivarian counterforce -- Africa : Powerlessness and slavocracy -- Realism, liberalism, and the intractable case of western farm subsidies -- The improbable banana conflict of the 1990s between the US and the EU, its repercussions for weak countries, and the WTO's role in it.