global cities are the control centers of the global: culture

The Global South (in red) includes many countries in the southern hemisphere and some in the northern hemisphere. The Global North (in blue) includes many countries in the Northern Hemisphere and also some, such as Australia and New Zealand, that are located in the Southern Hemisphere. Societies within it are internally stratified and diverse such that not everyone in the Global North is rich and powerful. However, we should note that although the Global North is on the whole powerful and wealthy, it is not monolithic.

To do so, we first consider how the Global North and South divide came to exist in the popular imagination. The chapters in this section explore the construction and complexity of gender within the Global North: particularly, the United States, Canada, and Belgium. What is the Global North? The Global North does not refer to a geographic region in any traditional sense but rather to the relative power and wealth of countries in distinct parts of the world (figure 15.1). Part V: The Global North (North America and Europe)Ĭhapter 15: The Global North: Introducing the Region

Global cities are the control centers of the global: culture