Politics and Social Movements in a Hegemonic World. Lessons from Africa, Asia and Latin America

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This book is the outcome of a project of scholarly collaboration between social scientists from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Taking into consideration the worsening of social, economic, political and environmental conditions now overwhelming these regions and the shortcomings of the responses offered by the conventional wisdom, the concerned institutions intend with this project to open new paths in the production and distribution of relevant knowledge from a Southern perspective. The chapters included in this book were presented and discussed in a workshop on South/South Scholarly Collaboration held in Havana, Cuba, in October 2003, sponsored by Sida/SAREC, and within the framework of CLACSO’s XXI General Assembly. The authors reflect their perceptions and shared concerns about issues such as the new “rules of the game” prevailing in the current international order and its consequences on state and politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America; the unsettled questions of land and agrarian reform; the uprising of new social actors and protest movements; and the possibilities and prospects arising from a new dialogue and concertation between states, societies and social forces in the South. Atilio A. Boron & Gladys Lechini Introduction Part I. Contending Visions in the Current International (Dis)Order Luis Maira Aguirre Relations Between Latin America and the United States: Balance and Prospects Emir Sader Latin America in the XXI Century Samir Amin The Driftages of Modernity: the Case of Africa and the Arab World Hari Singh Asia-Pacific in (America’s) New World Order Xu Shicheng The New Empire and the New US Hegemony Part II. Society and Politics in a Neoliberal Age Atilio A. Boron After the Sacking: Latin American Capitalism at the Beginning of the XXI Century Adebayo Olukoshi Changing Patterns of Politics in Africa Musa Abutudu Human Security in Africa: Challenges and Prospects Part III. Social Movements and the Peasant Question José Seoane, Emilio Taddei & Clara Algranati The New Configurations of Popular Movements in Latin America Madeleine Andebeng L. Alingué African Transatlantic Resistance and Movements Kande Mutsaku Kamilamba & Mariana Castro Álvarez The NGOs of Development in the South: Neo-liberalism’s Instruments or Popular Alternatives? A Critical Approach to the Third Sector Sam Moyo The Land Question and the Peasantry in Southern Africa François Houtart Why Should Small Rice Farmers in Sri Lanka Disappear? Part IV. Building a New African, Asian and Latin American Dialogue Gladys Lechini Is South-South Co-operation still Possible? The Case of Brazil’s Strategy and Argentina’s Impulses Towards the New South Africa and Africa Garth Shelton China, Africa and Asia Advancing South-South Co-operation Miryam Colacrai Steps Towards Integration in Latin America The Role of Ideas, Institutions and Policies in the MERCOSUR Jaime Zuluaga Nieto A Tricontinental of Knowledge: A Space for South-South Cooperation