A ‘parental paradigm’ mediates relationships between the Global North and Global South. ‘Parental paradigm’ here means that one country believes themselves better than another and that, as such, they have the moral obligation and right to guide and restrict the behaviors of ‘less developed people.’ The ‘parental paradigm’ began, on paper, in the European Enlightenment, but it expanded and became hegemonic in the 19th and 20th centuries. Read More
