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Summarize these paragraphs" For most observers, however, the parameters of the North-South debate have changed radically. Explanations for this evolution vary enormously. For some, new attitudes have formed, such that 'the traditional North-South divide is giving way to a more mature partnership'.7 Others maintain that the South-or the Third World-'no longer exists as a meaningful single entity', or that it 'has ceased to be a political force' in world affairs.8 Still others suggest that 'the North is generating its own internal South', and that 'the South has formed a thin layer of society that is fully integrated into the economic North'.9 As demon- strated by this melange of opinions, the image of a polarisation between a Northern developed hemisphere and a Southern developing hemisphere no longer offers a perfectly clear representation of reality. In short, the understand- ing of international inequality and poverty has been substantially transformed over recent years. And it is precisely the nature of these transformations that this article attempts to clarify. The approach adopted here is founded upon a tradition associated with the history of ideas. That tradition has recently enjoyed a resurgence thanks to a series of works variously referred to as 'reflective', 'constructivist' or