The New International Economic Order & the Right to Development

Jennifer Bair discusses The New International Economic Order & the Right to Development: Rethinking Genealogies of Globalization

This talk focuses on development politics at the United Nations, particularly the period of the so-called New International Economic Order (NIEO) in the 1970s. The NIEO was an effort by Third World countries to pursue a reform agenda that combined global redistribution from North to South with state-led developmentalism at the national level. By revisiting this fascinating and tumultuous period in the global political economy, Bair aims to re-centre the role of Southern states in debates about globalization, human rights and inequality.

Speaker:
Jennifer Bair, Professor of Sociology and Department Chair, University of Virginia Sociology Department