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- Convenor:
-
Thomas Muhr
(University of Bristol)
- Location:
- Malet 353
- Start time:
- 3 April, 2014 at
Time zone: Europe/London
- Session slots:
- 1
Short Abstract:
The panel invites papers that engage with the resurgence of South-South development cooperation with a distinct focus on Latin America and the Caribbean and its global relations.
Long Abstract:
The panel invites papers that engage with the resurgence of South-South development cooperation within a historical understanding related to the idea of a New International Economic Order (NIEO) and the association of South-South cooperation with solidarity for collective self-reliance and horizontality as an alternative to asymmetrical North-South relations. Papers may cover any aspect of cooperation such as the economic, political, cultural, social and military, and relate to international or transnational cooperation by state and non-state actors within Latin America and the Caribbean as well as globally. The 'global South' is thus understood in social rather than geographical terms, which means that Latin American and Caribbean relationships with communities in the capitalist core countries are included in the analysis (e.g. ALBA in the New York Bronx). Possible foci may include bi-/trilateral international relations by Latin American and Caribbean governments and their counter-parts in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, between regional formations such as the ALBA-TCP, CELAC and UNASUR/Africa South America (ASA) Summit and governments or regionalisms in Africa and Asia, the role of Latin American governments in such alliances as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and G-77, and relations among social forces across borders in Latin America and the Caribbean and the global South more widely. Critical engagement with mainstream conceptions such as 'BRICS' are also welcome, as are historical approaches to South-South cooperation with a distinct focus on Latin America and the Caribbean and its global relations.
Accepted papers:
Session 1Paper short abstract:
The paper provides an historical analysis of changing conceptions and practices of global South-South development cooperation since the second world war.
Paper long abstract:
The paper focuses on the efforts undertaken by developing countries to decolonise their economies in the post-WW II era through South-South cooperation. After political independence was achieved, pursuit of independent economic policies have proved a much more difficult and problematic task, first within the 'Cold War' bipolar world order and subsequently within the context of globalisation. In the first decade of the 21st century, global South-South cooperation has resurged as an important driver of geopolitical realignments towards a mulit-polar world order. Differing definitions of the 'global South' and changing conceptualisations of 'South-South cooperation' over time will be linked to changing paradigms in development theoretical thinking, historical milestones of South-South cooperation (1955 Bandung Conference; 1964 formation of the G-77; 1974 New International Economic Order; 1978 Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries; 1986 Right to Development; the current UN frameworks to promote South-South cooperation), and 'new' and 'old' actors involved, such as the so-called BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) as well as G-20 countries such as Argentina, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, South Korea and Venezuela. The promises of South-South cooperation as a horizontal relationship will be contextualised with 'traditional' OECD-DAC cooperation (e.g. as a form of resistance to asymmetrical North-South relations and the current global governance regime and its institutions), and different cooperation dimensions will be explored.
Paper short abstract:
The paper traces debates on development models and ideas of progress in the 1960s in Latin America, as well as analyses its impact and diffusion in the wider Third World, particularly the Non-Aligned Movement.
Paper long abstract:
John F. Kennedy himself heralded the 1960s as a 'decade of development' for Latin America and thus provided one of the key concepts of the decade. But how, Latin Americans asked themselves, were they going to achieve economic and social development? Consequently, a battle erupted on the 'real road to development', as Ernesto Che Guevara famously phrased in 1961, and whether reform, a socialist revolution, or independent policies would provide the solution.
This paper examines these emerging ideas of progress, modernity, and development in the 'development decade', amongst others Cepalismo, Modernisation and the Cuban revolutionary model, and how they were discussed in the inter-American system. Furthermore, it also enquires if and how these visions were diffused and received in the wider context of the Third World, and particularly in the Non-Aligned Bloc, and how they interlinked with anti-colonial discourses.
Paper short abstract:
The paper examines the South-South approach to development cooperation by analysing distinctive features of Brazil’s development assistance in Africa. Comparative advantages of Brazilian ideas and projects will be highlighted to verify how Brazil could contribute to the debate on aid effectiveness.
Paper long abstract:
Since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's presidencies (2003-2010) Brazil took a strong South-South orientation and deepened ties with African countries. A crucial part of the country's engagement in Africa was development cooperation. In his official speeches delivered on the occasions of his numerous visits to the continent, president Lula mentioned that the way cooperation with Africa is being shaped needs to change. To that end he started to promote the concept of solidarity diplomacy as a guiding principle of Brazil's activities within the South-South dialogue. The paper aims at analysing Brazil's input into the present debate on the existing development cooperation architecture. If claims of a cacophony of new voices (Brainard and Chollet 2007) seem valid to describe the complex reality of development cooperation in the 21st century, with Central and Eastern European and southern countries as new participants adding ideas and solutions to the debate on aid effectiveness, discerning unique qualities amidst new donors' practices could enrich the decades-long discussion on aid architecture improvement. Highlighting Brazil's strengths as an emerging donor, as well as innovative elements in their aid assistance, the article will suggest that since 2003 Brazil has been creating a development model that can contribute to global aid management. It does so by reconstructing roles ascribed to participants of the aid dialogue (donors, recipients) and focusing on delivering technical expertise. To complete the analysis, main controversies related to emerging donors' activities in Africa will be examined in order to verify possible challenges Brazil's development cooperation may be facing.