Exploring Hope
Case Studies of Innovation, Change and Development in the Global South
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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.
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 Vásquez
- Chapter 1. Peace can be Built from the Territories: Experiences of Networking in South-Western Colombia; Milena Umaña 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 Gonçalves 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 Angélica Rodríguez Valladares and José Antonio Vieyra Medrano
- Chapter 8. Emancipation and the Construction of New Development Models: The Experience of Andean Peasants in Argentina; Paula Lucía Olaizola
- Chapter 9. Metrocable: Public Transport for Urban and Social Transformation in Medellín; Beatriz Garcés Beltrán
- Chapter 10. Revaluing Heritage and Managing Conflicts over land use in the City of Quito; Rosa Cuesta and Martha Villagómez
- Chapter 11. The Emergence of New Paradigms of Sustainable Construction; Juan José García Pérez
- 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 Tizón
- 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 Jiménez Zamora
- Chapter 19. Yomol A’tel and its Struggle for Lekil kuxlejal (Buen vivir); José Andrés 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, José Antonio Vieyra Medrano, Yadira Méndez Lemus, Cinthia Fabiola Ruiz López, and Alejandra Larrazábal
- 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; Andrés Kozel
- Chapter 28. Custody of Native Languages: The Experience of the Nivaclé 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; María Luisa Eschenhagen
- Chapter 31. Mexican Women: Organization and Resistance against Structural Violence; Diana Tamara Martínez Ruiz and Deyani Alejandra Ávila Martínez
- Chapter 32. #CantayNoLlores: Forms of Solidarity During the 2017 Earthquake in Mexico City; Édgar Adrián Mora
- Chapter 33. Local Products Fair: Women's Empowerment and Social Cohesion in Piribebuy, Paraguay; María José Aparicio Meza, Carmiña Soto, and Amado Insfrán Ortíz
- 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 Calderón Gutiérrez
Marcelo Sili is Professor at the Universidad Nacional del Sur and Senior Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina.
Andrés Kozel is Professor at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (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.