Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: The Foreign policies of the global south: An introduction -- Assessing current conceptual and emperical approaches -- Postcoloniality in global South foreign policy: A Perspective -- Reconceptualizing the global South's perspective -- Foreign policy in the Arab world -- The Promise of a state-centered approach -- African foreign policy: Integrating political economy and decision making perspectives -- Latin American foreign policies: Incorporating civil society perspectives -- Latin American foreign policy: Toward a global South framework -- Making room for the smaller states -- Modernization and foreign policy: An Alternative approach to the global South -- Conclusion.