Sweet Talk: Paternalism and Collective Action i. Singh Hardcover<|

Sweet TalkPaternalism and Collective Action in North-South Trade Relations\nAuthor(s): J. P. Singh\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804794121, 978-0804794121\nSynopsis\nDeveloped 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.\n\n 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 deve.