Left and Right in Global Politics

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debt reduction
developing countries60, 74, 162
and geo-political interests 164
IMF initiatives 183  4
Jubilee 2000 172
decolonization 104 6, 133
as communist–capitalist conflict 108
and democracy 128
and nationalism 201
and North–South conflict 128
see alsocolonialism; developing
countries
definitions, problem of 7 8, 10 11
democracy
advancement of 68 , 17, 80
and cultural differences over equality
48  51
and decolonization 128
democratic deficit 78  80
development of83, 84 9
and equality17, 89
and French socialism 16
global 67
and inclination to peace90, 93
and international relations 84
parliamentary 100
in political science 217
see alsoequality; liberal democracy;
market democracy
democratization
and adoption of left–right cleavage
51 4, 55
and armed conflicts 66
of global governance 174
see alsomarket democracy
Denmark 207
development aid74, 162
move to right 187
dependency theory 133
Dervis, Kemal, UNDP107, 109, 195
Dessalines, Jean-Jacques 102
detention, indefinite 207
developing countries
authoritarianism and corruption in
135, 153
debt reduction60, 74, 162
demand for special treatment 134
economic growth in59, 134
and fall of communism 138
foreign direct investment 161  2


lack of representation at IMF 193
left commitment to 131
and market liberalization 63 5, 186
mixed economy models for 114
neoclassical view of 130
self-affirmation of 133
statist economic model in 128
and technological innovation 59
and trade59, 160, 174
variations in competence of 193  4
see alsoNorth–South divisions
development
and environmentalism 213  15
global organizations 172
new agenda 158  64
new consensus on global poverty
168, 181 7
and structural adjustment policies
159, 161, 165
“structuralist” analysis of 132
and trade liberalization 159  61
Washington Consensus 157  8
see alsoBretton Woods institutions
development aid 75 , 74, 129, 135,
162  4
aid agencies 163
“aid fatigue” 163
private finance 163
securitization of 164
“development economics” 158
Dickens, Charles,Tale of Two Cities
56
dictatorships, right-wing, Western
tolerance of 123
Diderot, Denis, view of colonialism
102
disease, and poverty 76
distributive justice13, 189
Doha Round (2001), WTO
negotiations160, 184
Dominican Republic, left–right self-
placement 40
Downs, Anthony 142
Dubos, Rene ́seeWard, Barbara
Duesenberry, James 218
Dulles, John Foster, US Secretary of
State 124
Dunn, John 87
Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel
102

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