Critical Thinking on Emerging Powers and South-South Cooperation: Concepts and Practices in Historical Perspectives Lecture 1 Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org This collection was collated by Xiuli Xu as teaching material on the Emerging Powers and International Development course at the Institute of Development Studies
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Critical Thinking on Emerging Powers and South-South Cooperation:
Concepts and Practices in Historical Perspectives
Lecture 1
Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org
This collection was collated by Xiuli Xu as teaching material on the Emerging Powers and International Development course at the Institute of Development Studies
Contents
• Historical review of the concept of "Emerging Powers": country classifications for a changing world
• Debates on "Emerging Powers": an innovative len or "an old bottle with new wine"?
• emerging powers and South-South Cooperation in history
1. Emgerging powers: BRICS
• The Emerging Powers – a category that includes the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) as well as other key countries such as Mexico, Turkey and Indonesia – are establishing themselves as an influential presence in the global development landscape.
Source:http://news.hexun.com/2009/bricsummit/
Different country catagories embedded in different global context
• developing countries• the thrid world• global south
• established powers• industrialized countries• developed countries• the North countries
• least developed countries• low-income countries• fragile states
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Different country catagories embedded in different global context: how the Western view non-western world?
• It explores the discourse dynamics and evolution of the global order underpinning different narratives.
• Various forms of wording rests with different power structure behind international development regime and conceptions about the relations between countries in different global context.
Established perceptions about the relations between countries behind the country categories
• The distinction between developing and developed countries has long been central to development studies and to debates on development policy (Harris et al.,2009)
• The dichotomous view between developed and undeveloped, rich and poor, North and South has been established to lead international development strategies, policies and practices.
• Modalities: emphasis on technical and economic cooperation, rather than governance intervention.
• Principles: peace and development; self reliance and mutual respect of sovereign rights,which buit the roots of the current clash between SSC and the established international development system which emphasizes conditionality of good governance, and altruism, rather than mutual benefits.
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Case analysis• To understand the politics and alternatives of countr
y classfication
Case 1: Dan Harris, Mick Moore and Hubert Schmitz (2009) Country Classifications for a Changing World. IDS WORKING PAPER 326.
Case 2: The World Bank (2009). World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography. Washington DC
Case 3: UNDP(2013). 2013 Human Development Report: The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World. New York, USA.