TY - BOOK ID - 80733526 TI - Sweet talk PY - 2016 SN - 9781503601055 1503601056 9780804794121 080479412X 9781503601048 1503601048 PB - Stanford, California DB - UniCat KW - International economic relations KW - Paternalism KW - Parentalism KW - Social classes KW - Social control KW - Social systems KW - Economic policy, Foreign KW - Economic relations, Foreign KW - Economics, International KW - Foreign economic policy KW - Foreign economic relations KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International economic policy KW - International economics KW - New international economic order KW - Economic policy KW - International relations KW - Economic sanctions KW - Developing countries KW - Developed countries KW - Advanced countries KW - Advanced nations KW - Developed nations KW - Economically advanced countries KW - Economically advanced nations KW - First World KW - Industrial countries KW - Industrial nations KW - Industrial societies KW - Industrialized countries KW - Industrialized nations KW - Western countries KW - Emerging nations KW - Fourth World KW - Global South KW - LDC's KW - Least developed countries KW - Less developed countries KW - Newly industrialized countries KW - Newly industrializing countries KW - NICs (Newly industrialized countries) KW - Third World KW - Underdeveloped areas KW - Underdeveloped countries KW - E-books KW - International economic relations. KW - Paternalism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80733526 AB - Developed nations strive to create the impression that their hearts and pockets bleed for the developing world. Yet, the global North continues to offer unfavorable trade terms to the global South. Truly fair trade would make reciprocal concessions to developing countries while allowing them to better their own positions. However, five hundred years of colonial racism and post-colonial paternalism have undermined trade negotiations. While urging developing countries to participate in trade, the North offers empty deals to "partners" that it regards as unequal. Using a mixed-methods approach, J. P. Singh exposes the actual position beneath the North's image of benevolence and empathy: either join in the type of trade that developed countries offer, or be cast aside as obstreperous and unwilling. Singh reveals how the global North ultimately bars developing nations from flourishing. His findings chart a path forward, showing that developing nations can garner favorable concessions by drawing on unique strengths and through collective advocacy. Sweet Talk offers a provocative rethinking of how far our international relations have come and how far we still have to go. ER -