...should be controlled through peaceful coexistence between two blocs, but in the gradually increasing gap between the rich countries of the North and the poor countries of the South. It is therefore essential to fight against all types of economic or political oppression, whether...

...peoples and States in the interests of achieving international economic reform to close the existing gap between the rich countries of the North and the poor countries of the South. These concepts are also an attempt to put an end to the relationship of inequality which exists...

...countries. What I saw disturbed me. On the whole, telecommunications was not so much closing as widening the gap between the rich countries of the north and the poor countries of the south. The First World, inventing and deploying new technology as if it were fast food, seemed headed...

...Republic was engaged in fierce class struggle. The chief issue was the same as the chief issue today between the rich countries of the north and the poor countries of the south: debt. The property-owning patricians were driving the commoners deeper and deeper into debt,...

...recognised as a process in which all societies are engaged and today the more common distinction is between the rich countries of the 'North and the poor countries of the 'South'. The issues and problems relating to development are also well publicised. They include malnutrition...

..."common" solutions. The second major position sees the environment as a staging ground for conflict between the rich countries of the North and the poor countries of the South. This is a view widely shared among governments, policymakers, industrialists, and environmental...

...long tradition of Latin American dependency theory,6 liberation theologians regard the relationship between the rich countries of the 'North' and the poor countries of the 'South' - home to three quarters of humanity - as profoundly unjust. They regard the modern world economy...

...latest tool in the war that has been going on for several centuries. Globally speaking, it is a war between the rich countries of the north and the poor countries of the south. Countries of the south are rich in biodiversity and natural resources. Economic supremacy is...

...changing. Some people saw the long-term danger of war more in the spread of hunger and in the tension between the rich countries of the North and the poor countries of the South than in traditional conflicts between developed nation-states which might be avoided through...

...DISCOURSEAND METAPHORS OF FAMILY While environmental politics have emerged as a staging ground for conflict between the rich countries of the North and the poor countries of the South (Ganesh, Zoller, & Cheney, 2005; Gupta, 1998), conventional rhetoric about sustainable development...