The Possibility of Nationalist Feminism

Hypatia ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranjoo Seodu Herr
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third World Women ◽  
The Third World

Most Third World feminists consider nationalism as detrimental to feminism. Against this general trend, I argue that “polycentric” nationalism has potentials for advocating feminist causes in the Third World. “Polycentric” nationalism, whose proper goal is the attainment and maintenance of national self-determination, is still relevant in this neocolonial age of capitalist globalization and may serve feminist purposes of promoting the well-being of the majority of Third World women who suffer disproportionately under this system.

The Fate of Human Rights in the Third World

1975 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupert Emerson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Third World ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Popular Participation ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The Military

The new Asian and African states have laid much stress on human rights, but have often not lived up to them. The basic right of self-determination has been limited to colonies only. Democratic institutions have generally given way to authoritarian regimes, often run by the military, with popular participation denied rather than encouraged. The right to life, liberty, and security of person has been grossly violated in the cases of millions of refugees, temporary and permanent, in Africa and the Asian subcontinent. Many hundreds of thousands have been killed in domestic conflicts, as in Indonesia, Nigeria, and Burundi. One of the results is the emergence of a double standard: an all-out African and Asian attack upon the denial of human rights involved in colonialism and racial discrimination, but a refusal to face up to massive violations of human rights in the Third World itself.

OPEC's Political Options: Case for Collective Self-Reliance within the Third World

1981 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-60
Author(s):  
Rehman Sobhan
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
Technology Markets ◽  
The Third ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Collective Self ◽  
Economic Collaboration ◽  
Oil Embargo ◽  
The Third World

Since the 1973 oil embargo, OPEC's political and economic leverage in global politics has progressively weakened. This decline in OPEC's relative power is due largely to the oil producers' increased dependence on the West for technology, markets, security, and investment opportunities. To counteract this increasing dependency, this paper argues for increased economic collaboration with the Third World, including a complete redirection of OPEC's investments. Collective self-reliance would help diversify and strengthen the oil producers' economies, as well as strengthen and improve the well-being of the Third World as a whole.

The ‘emancipation of media’: Latin American advocacy for a New International Information Order in the 1970s

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Freije
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Third World ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Latin Americans ◽  
The Third ◽  
Information Order ◽  
The Third World

AbstractThroughout the 1970s, journalists and leaders in the Global South organized around the concept of a New International Information Order (NIIO), premised upon the self-determination of news access and production. Though largely forgotten today, the NIIO constituted a key platform of the ‘Third World’ solidarity movement. Latin America was a prominent site for NIIO activism, and this article examines the regional and local meetings that frequently brought together governing officials, reporters, and academics. Focusing on the shifting expectations of exiled Latin Americans living in Mexico City, the article explores the domestic political factors that eventually attenuated enthusiasm for the NIIO. By the late 1970s, Latin American advocates argued that repressive governments could not be trusted to safeguard socially responsible information initiatives, such as regional wire services. Moreover, they underscored that national democratization was necessary before global inequities could be resolved.

Agricultural Production in the Third World - a Challenge for Natural Pest Control

1990 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. W. Hussey
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Third World ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Substantial Contribution ◽  
The Third ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Face ◽  
Plastic Bag ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Natural Pest Control

SUMMARYPrevention of the enormous losses of crop production in the Third World, both before and after harvest, would make a substantial contribution to the survival and well-being of countless small fanners. Many attempts to reduce the scale of pest attacks by facilitating the purchase of pesticides and fertilizers have failed in the face of maladministration, mistrust, primitive conditions and ignorance. Yet, despite the difficulties, these fanners have evolved a pattern and practice of production which incorporates many positive attributes which have only recently been appreciated by western scientists. Attention is drawn to some of these methods and also to the benefits and limitations of both classical and manipulated biological control. It is concluded that further improvements depend on the ability of entomologists to adapt some of the concepts widely used in China to utilize scientific techniques within a socio-economic structure where even the plastic bag must be regarded as high technology.

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