Exploring Hope
Case Studies of Innovation, Change and Development in the Global South
1st Edition
Published on 13. August 2024
288 pages
978-1-83549-736-4 (ISBN)
Description
The future in the Global South is viewed and perceived critically, from the inertia of a present that does not offer peace, justice, wealth and happiness, but from a view constructed from poverty, marginality, war and chaos. Exploring Hope seeks to qualify, question and even refute the monolithic ideas and images of the impossibility of building opportunities for improving the quality of life and overcome the different constraints of development in the Global South.
With contributions from Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico, Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Congo, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, China, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan, authors identify innovative, successful projects and processes that are structurally impacting models of development, and that make it possible to imagine new developmental paths in the Global South. Split into five sections covering economic, demographic, political, social, cultural and environmental issues, each chapter presents cases where emerging initiatives are integrated into the current socio-technical regime and contextualised within regional needs.
Focusing on hope rather than challenges, this edited collection presents a powerful evocation of ongoing opportunities for building a better future in the Global South and beyond.
With contributions from Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico, Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Congo, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, China, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan, authors identify innovative, successful projects and processes that are structurally impacting models of development, and that make it possible to imagine new developmental paths in the Global South. Split into five sections covering economic, demographic, political, social, cultural and environmental issues, each chapter presents cases where emerging initiatives are integrated into the current socio-technical regime and contextualised within regional needs.
Focusing on hope rather than challenges, this edited collection presents a powerful evocation of ongoing opportunities for building a better future in the Global South and beyond.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bingley
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-83549-736-4 (9781835497364)
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Marcelo Sili is Professor at the Universidad Nacional del Sur and Senior Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina.
Andres Kozel is Professor at the Universidad Nacional de San Martin (UNSAM),?and Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina.
Samira Mizbar is Socio-Economist at the National Assessment Body of the Higher Council of Education, Training and Scientific Research, Morocco.
Aviram Sharma is Researcher at the Post-Growth Innovation Lab at the University of Vigo, Spain.
Ana Casado is Professor at the Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste and Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina.
Andres Kozel is Professor at the Universidad Nacional de San Martin (UNSAM),?and Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina.
Samira Mizbar is Socio-Economist at the National Assessment Body of the Higher Council of Education, Training and Scientific Research, Morocco.
Aviram Sharma is Researcher at the Post-Growth Innovation Lab at the University of Vigo, Spain.
Ana Casado is Professor at the Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste and Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina.
Editor
National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina
Agence Millennium Challenge Account Corporation, Morocco
University of Vigo, Spain
Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste - CONICET, Argentina
Editor-in-chief
National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina
Content
Foreword; Bourqia Rahma
General Introduction: Building Hope, Perspectives and Experiences from the Global South; Marcelo Sili
Part 1. In Search for Peace and Democracy-Building
Introduction; Javier Enrique Medina Vasquez
Chapter 1. Peace can be Built from the Territories: Experiences of Networking in South-Western Colombia; Milena Umana Maldonado and Claudia Ospina Aldana
Chapter 2. Non-Proliferation in Asia: Time to un-tap the Potential of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones; J. Enkhsaikhan
Chapter 3. Youth and New Forms of Politics in Chile; Sandra Iturrieta Olivares
Chapter 4. Public Policies for Social Inclusion in Contemporary Brazil; Camila Goncalves De Mario and Fabricio Pereira Da Silva
Chapter 5. Human Mobility as a Resource and an Asset; Driss El Yazami
Chapter 6. Curbing Electoral Corruption: Two South Asian Civil Society Efforts to Build Robust Democracies; Anwesha Chakraborty
Part 2. Organising Territories and Infrastructures to Improve Life
Introduction; Samira Mizbar
Chapter 7. The Peri-Urban Area of the City Of Morelia: An Opportunity for the Implementation of Innovative Schemes of Socio-Environmental Inclusion in Mexico; Norma Angelica Rodriguez Valladares and Jose Antonio Vieyra Medrano
Chapter 8. Emancipation and the Construction of New Development Models: The Experience of Andean Peasants in Argentina; Paula Lucia Olaizola
Chapter 9. Metrocable: Public Transport for Urban and Social Transformation in Medellin; Beatriz Garces Beltran
Chapter 10. Revaluing Heritage and Managing Conflicts over land use in the City of Quito; Rosa Cuesta and Martha Villagomez
Chapter 11. The Emergence of New Paradigms of Sustainable Construction; Juan Jose Garcia Perez
Chapter 12. China's New Development Concept and the New Model of "People's City" in the Context of Globalization - Renewal of Yangpu Industrial Area and Innovation of Gubei Civic Center in Shanghai as an Example; Zhongshi Yuan and Jingting Zhang
Chapter 13. Pakistan and Trans-Regional Connectivity: Infra-structure for Regional Transformation; Ali Murad
Part 3. Revitalising the Economy with a Sustainable Approach
Introduction; Marcelo Sili
Chapter 14. A Toolkit for Hope (ASHA): Farmers' Sovereignty and Holistic Agriculture in India; Poonam Pandey and Kavitha Kuruganti
Chapter 15. Agroecological Experiences from Argentina; Rodrigo Tizon
Chapter 16. Trade as a Driver of Sustainability Pathways: Insights from the Palm Oil Sector in Indonesia; Ahmad Dermawan and Otto Hospes
Chapter 17. Bioeconomy and Local Value-Chain Development as a Hedge against Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado; Mairon G. Bastos Lima
Chapter 18. The National Association of Quinoa Producers in Bolivia (ANAPQUI): An experience of Collective Action and Participation in Globalized Market Chains; Elizabeth Jimenez Zamora
Chapter 19. Yomol A'tel and its Struggle for Lekil kuxlejal (Buen vivir); Jose Andres Fuentes
Chapter 20. Development Facing the Challenge of Territorial Organization: The Case of Special Economic Zones in West Africa; Idrissa Yaya Diandy
Chapter 21. Technological and Institutional Innovations for Rural Development in Sri Lanka; Seetha I. Wickremasinghe
Part 4. Ensuring Environmental Sustainability
Introduction; Aviram Sharma
Chapter 22. Building Urban Hope Recognising Traditional Governance: Overcoming Water Poverty in Oaxaca; Alejandro Rivero Villar, Jose Antonio Vieyra Medrano, Yadira Mendez Lemus, Cinthia Fabiola Ruiz Lopez, and Alejandra Larrazabal
Chapter 23.The Grassland Alliance in Argentina and the Challenge of Conserving Nature in a Productive Landscape; Pablo Grilli
Chapter 24. Sources of Environmental Conflicts from Energy Justice and Equity Perspective: Evidence from Gold Mining Sectors in Ghana; Asaah Sumaila Mohammed
Chapter 25. Happiness and Wellbeing Centre at Royal University of Bhutan: A Unique Approach; Sangay Dorji and Pema Latsho
Chapter 26. The Changing face of snow cover in Afghanistan: Opportunities for Development Interventions; Fazlullah Akhtar, Abdul Haseeb Azizi, Christian Borgemeister, Bernhard Tischbein, and Usman Khalid Awan
Chapter 27. Energy Transition in the Global South: Combating Energy Poverty and Climate Change; Aviram Sharma
Part 5. Inclusive and Caring Worlds
Introduction; Andres Kozel
Chapter 28. Custody of Native Languages: The Experience of the Nivacle Communities of Formosa; Nelida Sotelo
Chapter 29. Children's Orchestras: Living to Play, Playing to Live; Federico Escribal
Chapter 30. Indigenous Universities, Houses of Wisdom; Maria Luisa Eschenhagen
Chapter 31. Mexican Women: Organization and Resistance against Structural Violence; Diana Tamara Martinez Ruiz and Deyani Alejandra Avila Martinez
Chapter 32. #CantayNoLlores: Forms of Solidarity During the 2017 Earthquake in Mexico City; Edgar Adrian Mora
Chapter 33. Local Products Fair: Women's Empowerment and Social Cohesion in Piribebuy, Paraguay; Maria Jose Aparicio Meza, Carmina Soto, and Amado Insfran Ortiz
Chapter 34. Community Action Networks in Cape Town: Possibilities of Development beyond COVID-19; Crain Soudien
Chapter 35. Virtual Mobilisations and Reinvention of the Social Link for the Survival of Vulnerable Populations Confined for the Fight against Covid-19 in the Republic of Congo; Ossere Nganongo
Chapter 36. Crisis Management in Chinese Universities- Shanghai Universities' response to Covid-19 Outbreak in 2022; Li Juan
General Conclusion: Global Multidimensional Crisis and Hope; Fernando Calderon Gutierrez
General Introduction: Building Hope, Perspectives and Experiences from the Global South; Marcelo Sili
Part 1. In Search for Peace and Democracy-Building
Introduction; Javier Enrique Medina Vasquez
Chapter 1. Peace can be Built from the Territories: Experiences of Networking in South-Western Colombia; Milena Umana Maldonado and Claudia Ospina Aldana
Chapter 2. Non-Proliferation in Asia: Time to un-tap the Potential of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones; J. Enkhsaikhan
Chapter 3. Youth and New Forms of Politics in Chile; Sandra Iturrieta Olivares
Chapter 4. Public Policies for Social Inclusion in Contemporary Brazil; Camila Goncalves De Mario and Fabricio Pereira Da Silva
Chapter 5. Human Mobility as a Resource and an Asset; Driss El Yazami
Chapter 6. Curbing Electoral Corruption: Two South Asian Civil Society Efforts to Build Robust Democracies; Anwesha Chakraborty
Part 2. Organising Territories and Infrastructures to Improve Life
Introduction; Samira Mizbar
Chapter 7. The Peri-Urban Area of the City Of Morelia: An Opportunity for the Implementation of Innovative Schemes of Socio-Environmental Inclusion in Mexico; Norma Angelica Rodriguez Valladares and Jose Antonio Vieyra Medrano
Chapter 8. Emancipation and the Construction of New Development Models: The Experience of Andean Peasants in Argentina; Paula Lucia Olaizola
Chapter 9. Metrocable: Public Transport for Urban and Social Transformation in Medellin; Beatriz Garces Beltran
Chapter 10. Revaluing Heritage and Managing Conflicts over land use in the City of Quito; Rosa Cuesta and Martha Villagomez
Chapter 11. The Emergence of New Paradigms of Sustainable Construction; Juan Jose Garcia Perez
Chapter 12. China's New Development Concept and the New Model of "People's City" in the Context of Globalization - Renewal of Yangpu Industrial Area and Innovation of Gubei Civic Center in Shanghai as an Example; Zhongshi Yuan and Jingting Zhang
Chapter 13. Pakistan and Trans-Regional Connectivity: Infra-structure for Regional Transformation; Ali Murad
Part 3. Revitalising the Economy with a Sustainable Approach
Introduction; Marcelo Sili
Chapter 14. A Toolkit for Hope (ASHA): Farmers' Sovereignty and Holistic Agriculture in India; Poonam Pandey and Kavitha Kuruganti
Chapter 15. Agroecological Experiences from Argentina; Rodrigo Tizon
Chapter 16. Trade as a Driver of Sustainability Pathways: Insights from the Palm Oil Sector in Indonesia; Ahmad Dermawan and Otto Hospes
Chapter 17. Bioeconomy and Local Value-Chain Development as a Hedge against Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado; Mairon G. Bastos Lima
Chapter 18. The National Association of Quinoa Producers in Bolivia (ANAPQUI): An experience of Collective Action and Participation in Globalized Market Chains; Elizabeth Jimenez Zamora
Chapter 19. Yomol A'tel and its Struggle for Lekil kuxlejal (Buen vivir); Jose Andres Fuentes
Chapter 20. Development Facing the Challenge of Territorial Organization: The Case of Special Economic Zones in West Africa; Idrissa Yaya Diandy
Chapter 21. Technological and Institutional Innovations for Rural Development in Sri Lanka; Seetha I. Wickremasinghe
Part 4. Ensuring Environmental Sustainability
Introduction; Aviram Sharma
Chapter 22. Building Urban Hope Recognising Traditional Governance: Overcoming Water Poverty in Oaxaca; Alejandro Rivero Villar, Jose Antonio Vieyra Medrano, Yadira Mendez Lemus, Cinthia Fabiola Ruiz Lopez, and Alejandra Larrazabal
Chapter 23.The Grassland Alliance in Argentina and the Challenge of Conserving Nature in a Productive Landscape; Pablo Grilli
Chapter 24. Sources of Environmental Conflicts from Energy Justice and Equity Perspective: Evidence from Gold Mining Sectors in Ghana; Asaah Sumaila Mohammed
Chapter 25. Happiness and Wellbeing Centre at Royal University of Bhutan: A Unique Approach; Sangay Dorji and Pema Latsho
Chapter 26. The Changing face of snow cover in Afghanistan: Opportunities for Development Interventions; Fazlullah Akhtar, Abdul Haseeb Azizi, Christian Borgemeister, Bernhard Tischbein, and Usman Khalid Awan
Chapter 27. Energy Transition in the Global South: Combating Energy Poverty and Climate Change; Aviram Sharma
Part 5. Inclusive and Caring Worlds
Introduction; Andres Kozel
Chapter 28. Custody of Native Languages: The Experience of the Nivacle Communities of Formosa; Nelida Sotelo
Chapter 29. Children's Orchestras: Living to Play, Playing to Live; Federico Escribal
Chapter 30. Indigenous Universities, Houses of Wisdom; Maria Luisa Eschenhagen
Chapter 31. Mexican Women: Organization and Resistance against Structural Violence; Diana Tamara Martinez Ruiz and Deyani Alejandra Avila Martinez
Chapter 32. #CantayNoLlores: Forms of Solidarity During the 2017 Earthquake in Mexico City; Edgar Adrian Mora
Chapter 33. Local Products Fair: Women's Empowerment and Social Cohesion in Piribebuy, Paraguay; Maria Jose Aparicio Meza, Carmina Soto, and Amado Insfran Ortiz
Chapter 34. Community Action Networks in Cape Town: Possibilities of Development beyond COVID-19; Crain Soudien
Chapter 35. Virtual Mobilisations and Reinvention of the Social Link for the Survival of Vulnerable Populations Confined for the Fight against Covid-19 in the Republic of Congo; Ossere Nganongo
Chapter 36. Crisis Management in Chinese Universities- Shanghai Universities' response to Covid-19 Outbreak in 2022; Li Juan
General Conclusion: Global Multidimensional Crisis and Hope; Fernando Calderon Gutierrez
