THE WORLD OF

REGIONS
UNIT III
 Global Divides:

The North and the

South (Focus :
Latin America)
 Global South
Refers to the regions of Latin
America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania
mostly low- income and often
politically or culturally
marginalized. It may also be called
the "developing World" such as
Africa, Latin America, and the
developing countries in Asia,
"developing countries," "less
developed countries," and "less
developed regions” including
poorer "southern" regions of
wealthy "northern" countries
 Global
South
In general, Global South refers
to these countries' "interconnected
histories of colonialism, neo-
imperialism, and differential
economic and social change
through which large inequalities
in living standards, life
expectancy, and access to
resources are maintained.
 Three Primary Concepts of Global South
1. It refers to economically disadvantaged nation-states and as a post-
cold war alternative to “Third World”.
2. The Global South captures a deterritorialized geography of
capitalism’s externalities and means to account for subjugated
peoples within the borders of wealthier countries, such that there
are economic Souths in the geographic North and Norths in the
geographic South.
3. It refers to the resistant imaginary of a transnational political subject
that results from a shared experience of subjugation under
contemporary global capitalism
Asian Regionalism
Regionalism
Refers to the
decentralization of
political powers or
competencies from a
higher towards a lower
political level.
Views of Globalization in the Asia Pacific
and South Asia
• Globalization is an external phenomenon being pushed
into the region by world powers particularly the United
States and Europe. From this perspective, globalization
can be understood as a process that transforms the Asia
Pacific and South Asia. It is a force for good bringing
economic development, political progress, and social
and cultural diversity to the region
The Asia Pacific and South Asia
Refer together to the regions of East (or Northeast) Asia,
South Asia, the Pacific Islands, and South Asia. It includes
some of the world’s most economically developed states
such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, and
highly impoverished countries such as Cambodia, Laos,
and Nepal. It also includes the largest and most populous
states on the globe including China and India and some of
the world’s smallest such as the Maldives and Bhutan
Globalization in the Asia Pacific
and South Asia is an external
phenomenon being pushed into
the region by world powers like
US and Europe. Globalization in
this context is a process that
transforms the Asia Pacific and
South Asia. It can be viewed as a
force for good, bringing economic
development, political progress,
and social and cultural diversity
Asia Pacific and South Asia’s Impact on
Globalization
Asia was the central global
force in the early modern world
economy. It was the site of the
most important trade routes and
in some places more advanced
in technology than West such as
science and medicine.
India and China have also become a
major source of international
migrant labor, which is also one of
the fundamental characteristics of
the era of globalization. This
includes the migration of highly
skilled labor into the high- tech
industry based in Silicon Valley.
India, China and the Philippines
were three of the top four recipient
states of migrant remittances
In culture and
globalization in the
region, Asia has been the
source of a wide variety
of cultural phenomena
that have spread outward
to the West and the rest of
the world