Book review: The poorer nations: a possible history of theglobal south

Since the 1970s, the countries of the Global South have sometimes struggled to express themselves politically. In The Poorer Nations, Vijay Prashad analyses the failures of neoliberalism, as well as the rise of the BRIC countries, and all the efforts to create alternatives to the neoliberal project advanced militarily by the US and its allies. Lorenzo Ferrari finds value in the book’s accessible tone and content, as well as its interviews with leading players including senior UN officials.