South-South cooperation is becoming ever more important to states,
policy-makers and academics. Many Northern states, international
agencies and NGOs are promoting South-South partnerships as a means
of 'sharing the burden' in funding and undertaking development,
assistance and protection activities, often in response to
increased political and financial pressures on their own aid
budgets. However, the mainstreaming of Southern-led initiatives by
UN agencies and Northern states is paradoxical in many ways,
especially because the development of a South-South cooperation
paradigm was originally conceptualised as a necessary way to
overcome the exploitative nature of North-South relations in the
era of decolonisation. This handbook critically explores diverse
ways of defining 'the South' and of conceptualising and engaging
with 'South-South relations.' Through 30 state-of-the-art reviews
of key academic and policy debates, the handbook evaluates past,
present and future opportunities and challenges of South-South
cooperation, and lays out research agendas for the next 5-10 years.
The book covers key models of cooperation (including
internationalism, Pan-Arabism and Pan-Africanism), diverse modes of
South-South connection, exchange and support (including South-South
aid, transnational activism, and migration), and responses to
displacement, violence and conflict (including Southern-led
humanitarianism, peace-building and conflict resolution). In so
doing, the handbook reflects on decolonial, postcolonial and
anticolonial theories and methodologies, exploring urgent questions
regarding the nature and implications of conducting research in and
about the global South, and of applying a 'Southern lens' to a wide
range of encounters, processes and dynamics across the global South
and global North alike. This handbook will be of great interest to
scholars and post-graduate students in anthropology, area studies,
cultural studies, development studies, history, geography,
international relations, politics, postcolonial studies and
sociology.
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