Showing papers in "Third World Quarterly in 2021"
TL;DR: The contribution of African intellectuals to postcolonial and decolonial scholarship has been discussed in this article, where there is emphasis on privileging works of Diasporic scholars from the diaspora.
Abstract: What has been the contribution of African intellectuals to postcolonial and decolonial scholarship? This question arises because there is emphasis on privileging works of Diasporic scholars from th...
70 citations
TL;DR: The authors examines the Global South as a meta category in the study of world politics, against the backdrop of a steep rise in references to the 'Global South' across academi....
Abstract: This introductory contribution examines the ‘Global South’ as a meta category in the study of world politics. Against the backdrop of a steep rise in references to the ‘Global South’ across academi...
42 citations
TL;DR: In recent decades, China has emerged as a leader in international development finance, with the potential to provide sorely needed funds to address major global developmental gaps as mentioned in this paper. But not ever...
Abstract: In recent decades China has emerged as a leader in international development finance, with the potential to provide sorely needed funds to address major global developmental gaps. However, not ever...
39 citations
TL;DR: The literature on populism overwhelmingly deals with the factors behind the rise of populism: the supply factors, and the economic and political crises as mentioned in this paper. However, there is a lack of engagement in th...
Abstract: The literature on populism overwhelmingly deals with the factors behind the rise of populism: the supply factors, and the economic and political crises. However, there is a lack of engagement in th...
38 citations
TL;DR: It is argued that the VIS assembles a set of previously unconnected state authorities into a group of end users who enact border security and migration management through the gathering, processing and sharing of data; facilitates the practice of traceability, understood as a rationality of mobility control; and has restrictive effects on migrants’ capacity to manoeuvre and resist control.
Abstract: This article is concerned with the digitisation of border security and migration management. Illustrated through an encounter between a migrant and the Visa Information System (VIS) – one of the la...
26 citations
TL;DR: The authors argue that focussing on issues of citizenship highlights the relationality of North/South dynamics and that doing so through a "Southern lens" reveals two complementary and otherwise complementary aspects.
Abstract: This article argues that focussing on issues of citizenship highlights the relationality of North/South dynamics and that doing so through a ‘Southern lens’ reveals two complementary and otherwise ...
25 citations
TL;DR: The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) was adopted in 2018 under the auspices of the United Nations as mentioned in this paper, which is a global governance of international migration.
Abstract: The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) was adopted in 2018 under the auspices of the United Nations. In a context in which the global governance of international migration...
24 citations
TL;DR: The policies implemented in the Sahel by the EU and individual member states have reduced the number of migrants transiting through the region towards Europe as mentioned in this paper, however, the sustainability of this ap...
Abstract: The policies implemented in the Sahel by the EU and individual member states have reduced the number of migrants transiting through the region towards Europe. However, the sustainability of this ap...
23 citations
TL;DR: The authors examines the pattern of engagement by China and India in terms of the G20 and BRICS and concludes that both countries are torn between a self-identity as status-seeking "rising" powers and as champions.
Abstract: This article examines the pattern of engagement by China and India in terms of the G20 and BRICS. Both countries are torn between a self-identity as status-seeking ‘rising’ powers and as champions ...
22 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored colonial (dis-)continuities between the planned Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) development corridor and the Uganda Railway (UR).
Abstract: This article explores colonial (dis-)continuities between the planned Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) development corridor and the Uganda Railway (UR). The historical approach to...
21 citations
TL;DR: The increasing popularity of cursory references to the "Global South" across disciplines and issue areas asks for an in-depth engagement with ‘South’related terminology as discussed by the authors, which employs Edward Soja's Thi...
Abstract: The increasing popularity of cursory references to the ‘Global South’ across disciplines and issue areas asks for an in-depth engagement with ‘South’-related terminology. I employ Edward Soja’s Thi...
TL;DR: In this paper, loss and damage cases have mostly been unsuccessful due to tensions around uncertainty, attribution, and the rst-order attribution of the global climate change, which is a feature of international climate policy.
Abstract: Climate litigation is increasingly a feature of international climate policy. However, loss and damage cases have mostly been unsuccessful due to tensions around uncertainty, attribution, and the r...
TL;DR: The authors identify the diffusion of refugee rent-seeking behavior, namely the use of host states' geopolitical position as leverage to extract revenue from other states in exchange for maintaining refugees within their borders.
Abstract: Do states in the Global South learn from each other regarding the management of forced migration? Although research has shown that refugees have recently been recast as an economic benefit for non-Western host states, little scholarly work exists on whether and how such a normative change is adopted across regions. In this article, we identify the diffusion of refugee rent-seeking behaviour, namely the use of host states’ geopolitical position as leverage to extract revenue from other states in exchange for maintaining refugees within their borders. We identify three types of diffusion – learning, cooperation and emulation – occurring at state, regional and international levels across the Global South. Drawing on a range of primary sources, we demonstrate the working of these three types across a range of empirical examples drawn from the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and South America. Overall, we identify a rising trend in the commodification of forced migration across refugee rentier states, while highlighting the need for further interregional research on policy diffusion outside the Global North.
TL;DR: The Global South often functions as a shorthand for countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America that differ significantly in terms of economic trajectories, institutional arrangements, and everyd... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The ‘Global South’ often functions as a shorthand for countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America that differ significantly in terms of economic trajectories, institutional arrangements, and everyd...
TL;DR: Lebanon has taken in more than one million refugees from Syria as mentioned in this paper, with a patchwork of competing and informal responses, and has been hosting more than 1 million Syrian refugees.
Abstract: How do host states with a refugee regime relying on a patchwork of competing and informal responses negotiate refugee return? Amid a stalemate, Lebanon has taken in more than one million Syrian ref...
TL;DR: The term "cities of the global south" has become an increasingly popular reference in urban studies and urban development practice as mentioned in this paper. But the term remains underexplored and the majority...
Abstract: The term ‘cities of the Global South’ has become an increasingly popular reference in urban studies and urban development practice. Notwithstanding, the term remains underexplored and the majority ...
TL;DR: The local has become central to peacebuilding, both in theory and in practice as discussed by the authors, and there is extensive conceptual literature analysing the local, however, there is much less that looks at how what is o...
Abstract: The ‘local’ has become central to peacebuilding, both in theory and in practice. While there is extensive conceptual literature analysing the ‘local’, there is much less that looks at how what is o...
TL;DR: Asymmetries of power are not only a characteristic feature of today's world order but also manifest in knowledge production in the discipline of international relations (IR) as mentioned in this paper, and even the use of the ‘G...
Abstract: Asymmetries of power are not only a characteristic feature of today’s world order but also manifest in knowledge production in the discipline of international relations (IR). Even the use of the ‘G...
TL;DR: The demise of Leftist political traditions in Indonesia has come to facilitate newer Islamic expressions of socio-political discontent accompanying socio-economic modernisation in localities that u....
Abstract: The demise of Leftist political traditions in Indonesia has come to facilitate newer Islamic expressions of socio-political discontent accompanying socio-economic modernisation in localities that u...
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of China's aid, trade and investments on the development trajectories in postcolonial Africa, focussed on Rwanda, is investigated, and the analytical framework of this study is presented.
Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the impact of China’s aid, trade and investments on the development trajectories in postcolonial Africa, focussed on Rwanda. The analytical framework of this study is...
TL;DR: The authors take the complexities of the global south meta category as a starting point to explore what abandoning the single story can do for the exploration of the world beyond a single story, with reference to Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie's plea to move beyond single story.
Abstract: With reference to Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie’s plea to move beyond the single story, we take the complexities of the ‘Global South’ meta category as a starting point to explore what abandoning the q...
TL;DR: In many African states, decolonisation brought neither prosperity nor meaningful independence as discussed by the authors, and the discontent with weak political and economic sovereignty led African revolutionaries to seek suppor(or...
Abstract: In many African states, decolonisation brought neither prosperity nor meaningful independence. The discontent with weak political and economic sovereignty led African revolutionaries to seek suppor...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the rise of the Global South has come at a high cost to the environment, driven by its high energy intensity and the use of fossil fuels.
Abstract: Jointly with the Global North, the rise of the Global South has come at a high cost to the environment. Driven by its high energy intensity and the use of fossil fuels, the South has contributed a ...
TL;DR: Using first-hand data collected from interviews with 21 coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-positive participants in a public quarantine facility in Quezon City, the largest city in the Philippines,.
Abstract: Using first-hand data collected from interviews with 21 coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-positive participants in a public quarantine facility in Quezon City, the largest city in the Philippines, thi...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the promotion of the rule of law as socia... is as important as legal colonisation and legal globalisation in post-conflict peacebuilding and reconstruction.
Abstract: Focussing on the relationship between legal colonisation and legal globalisation in the context of post-conflict peacebuilding and reconstruction, I argue that promotion of the rule of law as socia...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on ways in which refugee-led community organizations (RCOs) carve out a space of influence through civic activism in the migration architectures of receiving countries.
Abstract: This article focuses on ways in which refugee-led community organisations (RCOs) carve out a space of influence through civic activism in the migration architectures of receiving countries. Buildin...
TL;DR: The volume on New Actors and Contested Architectures in Global Migration Governance as mentioned in this paper presents the aims and scope of the volume, followed by an overview of international migration governance.
Abstract: This article introduces the volume on New Actors and Contested Architectures in Global Migration Governance. It presents the aims and scope of the volume, followed by an overview of international c...
TL;DR: From 1945 until 1965, virtually all Indonesian political parties claimed to follow some version of socialism as discussed by the authors. But what did "socialism" mean in this context, though? In economics, party platforms promot...
Abstract: From 1945 until 1965, virtually all Indonesian political parties claimed to follow some version of socialism. What did ‘socialism’ mean in this context, though? In economics, party platforms promot...
TL;DR: The authors examines the production of scientific knowledge on children from a decolonial perspective, with two major concerns: the first relates to the interrogation of developmentalism and globalisation, and the second relates to human rights.
Abstract: This paper examines the production of scientific knowledge on children from a decolonial perspective, with two major concerns. The first relates to the interrogation of developmentalism and globali...
TL;DR: This paper analyzed Tunisian immigration and emigration politics in the decade before and after the 2011 revolution, drawing on 57 interviews with Tunisian high-level civil servants, as well as representatives of civil society and international organisations.
Abstract: How does democratisation affect the politics of migration? This paper analyses Tunisian immigration and emigration politics in the decade before and after the 2011 revolution, drawing on 57 interviews with Tunisian high-level civil servants, as well as representatives of civil society and international organisations. It shows that the democratisation of policy processes and the expansion of citizens’ political freedoms did not result in pro-migrant rights reforms, but instead led to the continuation of restrictive migration policies inherited from Tunisia’s authoritarian past. The paper explains this by dissecting the ambiguous effects of democratisation on political legitimisation, as well as on inter-institutional and transnational dynamics of migration policymaking. It demonstrates that despite the unprecedented dynamism of Tunisian civil society and efforts of various institutional actors to reform Tunisia’s security-driven migration policy, there were both domestic and international forces that put brakes on migration reform. By focussing on the intricacies of Tunisian migration policymaking, this analysis allows to advance theory-building on the link between political regimes and migration politics, to revisit regime transformations from the inside and to overcome the still-dominant Eurocentrism in scholarly debates on North African migration policies.