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North–South, Commemorating the First Brandt Report: searching for the contemporary spatial picture of the global rift

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  • Marcin Solarz

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The main purpose of this article is to conduct a concise critical analysis of the division of the world into highly developed countries (the rich North) and underdeveloped countries (the poor South) at the beginning of the 21st century. The criteria used at the end of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries to define the boundary between the highly developed and the underdeveloped world, while valid in the past, are no longer applicable. The new criterion for this boundary is quality of life, which combines the socioeconomic element (constituted by such factors as consumption, level of health care and education) and the political (which is reflected in the degree to which political rights and civil liberties are observed). Therefore, the dividing line between the rich North and the poor South at the beginning of the 21st century differs from the well-known Brandt line.

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  • Marcin Solarz, 2012. "North–South, Commemorating the First Brandt Report: searching for the contemporary spatial picture of the global rift," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(3), pages 559-569.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:33:y:2012:i:3:p:559-569
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2012.657493
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