Global South:Predicament and Promise

Introduction

“…Comaroff 2012). Indeed, authors such as Dirlik (2007) note the terms' origins in post-WWII modernization discourse with all that it entails. Furthermore, the Global South's membership is vague, with countries such as China being alternatively part of it or not depending on the situation (Dirlik 2007).…”

“…Indeed, authors such as Dirlik (2007) note the terms' origins in post-WWII modernization discourse with all that it entails. Furthermore, the Global South's membership is vague, with countries such as China being alternatively part of it or not depending on the situation (Dirlik 2007). Nonetheless, as evidenced by the geopolitical significance of a broadly consistent group of countries in fora such as the World Social Forum and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, there is cause to speak of a relatively cohesive grouping of countries that share a history of being on the receiving end of European imperialism, are predominantly poor in global terms, endure political and economic marginalization frequently cast in racial or ethnic terms, and have an, at times, shared history of collaboration and mutual support (Dirlik 2007).…”

“…Furthermore, the Global South's membership is vague, with countries such as China being alternatively part of it or not depending on the situation (Dirlik 2007). Nonetheless, as evidenced by the geopolitical significance of a broadly consistent group of countries in fora such as the World Social Forum and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, there is cause to speak of a relatively cohesive grouping of countries that share a history of being on the receiving end of European imperialism, are predominantly poor in global terms, endure political and economic marginalization frequently cast in racial or ethnic terms, and have an, at times, shared history of collaboration and mutual support (Dirlik 2007). If this is the Global South, it follows that when we speak of the legally pluralistic contact zone between the Global North and the Global South, we are not describing an interaction of equals, nor are we describing a blank slate upon which the Global North inscribes its law.…”

Chinese hydropower companies and environmental norms in countries of the global South: the involvement of Sinohydro in Ghana’s Bui Dam

“…Alden and Vieira (2005) and others have pointed out that while until the 1990s, South-South Cooperation was bedevilled by a diverse as well as politically and economically weak developing South (Saksena 1985;Sridharan 1998), the economic recovery of Latin American countries from the 1980s debt crisis and the IMF-imposed Structural Adjustment Programmes as well as the emergence of the group of BRICS has given the global South a strong voice in international affairs (Alden et al 2010;Dirlik 2007;Alden and Vieira 2005).…”

Crisis, Otherness and Integration. Local policies in South Eastern Europe: The case of Rhodes island

“…Dirlik 2007). Others also tend to attach particular importance to the issue of religion, because it constitutes the framework of their collective diversity (Taylor 2007).…”