The entire dilemma with this terminology could itself be the focus of an article, of course.
-B.
Liza Featherstone wrote:
> I wonder what LBO-sters -- especially those living
in non-Western
> countries, but everyone should feel free to weigh in
-- think of the
> expression "the global South." I really try hard to
stay away from
> expressions that convey speakers are members of some
special,
> exclusive, righteous club, so I don't like it. I
have used it on a
> few occasions, out of a sense that "developing
world" was too
> optimistic and imperialist -- though it's very
accepted in policy
> wonk circles, probably for exactly this reason --
and "Third World"
> vaguely problematic. But I'm resistant. Thoughts?
Apologies in
> advance for the naivete and likely provincialism of
the question.
>
> Liza