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 Colombia, Chile, Cameroon, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, China, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Bolivia, Sri Lanka, Ghana 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.
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 Vįsquez
Chapter
1. Peace can be Built from the Territories: Experiences of Networking
in South-Western Colombia; Milena Umańa 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 Gonēalves 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 Rodrķguez Valladares and José Antonio Vieyra Medrano
Chapter
8. Emancipation and the Construction of New Development Models: The
Experience of Andean Peasants in Argentina; Paula Lucķa Olaizola
Chapter
9. Metrocable: Public Transport for Urban and Social Transformation
in Medellķn; Beatriz Garcés Beltrįn
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 Garcķa Pérez
Chapter
12. Chinas New Development Concept and the New Model of Peoples
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 Brazils 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 Atel 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 Larrazįbal
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. Childrens Orchestras: Living to Play, Playing to Live; Federico
Escribal
Chapter
30. Indigenous Universities, Houses of Wisdom; Marķa Luisa
Eschenhagen
Chapter
31. Mexican Women: Organization and Resistance against Structural
Violence; Diana Tamara Martķnez Ruiz and Deyani Alejandra Įvila Martķnez
Chapter
32. #CantayNoLlores: Forms of Solidarity During the 2017 Earthquake
in Mexico City; Édgar Adriįn Mora
Chapter
33. Local Products Fair: Women's Empowerment and Social Cohesion in
Piribebuy, Paraguay; Marķa José Aparicio Meza, Carmińa Soto, and Amado
Insfrįn Ortķz
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 Martķn (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.
