{"product_id":"the-international-relations-of-the-nicholas-lees-9781529253689","title":"The International Relations of the North-South Divide: Historical Inequality, Contemporary Disagreement and World Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eAvailable open access digitally under a CC-BY-NC-ND license. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book examines the significance of both historical and contemporary inequality in shaping diplomatic disagreements in international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author demonstrates that the North-South divide has endured into the 21st century by drawing on three decades of data measuring the foreign policy positions of states on divisive global issues, including new text-based measures of international priorities within the United Nations General Assembly. This divide reflects the dissatisfaction of many states of the Global South with the post-Cold War international order, owing to historical legacies of unequal development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Wide-ranging and rigorous, this new empirical investigation demonstrates the ongoing relevance of material inequality for international politics and the multilateral system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Lees\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529253683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529253689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bristol University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Nicholas Lees","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47001613074687,"sku":"9781529253689","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e11c898-a484-4179-96bb-901d8723ed12.jpg?v=1751601598","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-international-relations-of-the-nicholas-lees-9781529253689","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}