The Journal of Global South Studies is a probing scholarly journal that examines development problems and issues as well as pioneering efforts in the developing world. It is an interdisciplinary journal that explores current and historic issues facing the Global South region of the world, including economic, political, social, military, and international relationships.
Current Issue
Vol. 41 No. 2 (2024): Fall 2024
Published: 2024-12-19
Foreword
vii–viii
AbstractForeword to Volume 41, Issue 2 (Fall 2024) of the Journal of Global South Studies.
A Message from the Editor: Between North and South
Thinking about the Semi-Periphery
ix–xiv
AbstractOnce again, the Association of Global South Studies is preparing to host its annual conference, this time in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia....
Articles
Ethiopia
Federalism's Failure?
153–204
AbstractEthiopia adopted a federal system in 1995 as a means to manage its complex diversity. The system promises substantial political autonomy to...
Ethiopia
A Genocidal State on the Brink of Collapse
205–238
AbstractAn ancient mainly Christian polity underwent immense expansion during the scramble for Africa to become modern Ethiopia, which has since been an...
Decentralization and Rural Areas in Mozambique, Colombia, and Bolivia
239–278
AbstractPolitical decentralization (hereafter “decentralization”) is the devolution of power from a central government to subnational governments....
Residual Urbanization and the Social Relations of Collective Struggle in an Amazonian Kichwa Commune from Ecuador
279–306
AbstractIn this article, we combine anthropological theory with an urban studies framework to analyze and understand the processes by which cities...
Book Reviews
Chalfin, Brenda. Waste Works: Vital Politics in Urban Ghana.
307–309
AbstractReview of: Chalfin, Brenda. Waste Works: Vital Politics in Urban Ghana. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2023.
Masters, Lesley, Philani Mthembu, and Jo-Ansie Van Wyk, eds. South African Foreign Policy Review: Ramaphosa and a New Dawn for South African Foreign Policy. Vol. 4.
309–313
AbstractReview of: Masters, Lesley, Philani Mthembu, and Jo Ansie Van Wyk, eds. South African Foreign Policy Review: Ramaphosa and a New Dawn for...
Bohler-Muller, Narnia, Vasu Reddy, Gregory Houston, Maxi Schoeman, and Heather Thuynsma, eds. The Texture of Dissent: Defiant Intellectuals in South Africa.
313–317
AbstractReview of: Bohler-Muller, Narnia, Vasu Reddy, Gregory Houston, Maxi Schoeman, and Heather Thuynsma, eds. The Texture of Dissent: Defiant...
Sooryamoorthy, R., and Nene Ernest Khalema. The Texture of Dissent: Defiant Intellectuals in South Africa.
317–319
AbstractReview of: Sooryamoorthy, R., and Nene Ernest Khalema. The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press,...
Uchendu, Egodi, and Olawari D. J. Egbe, eds. Nigeria’s 2019 Democratic Experience.
319–321
AbstractReview of: Uchendu, Egodi, and Olawari D. J. Egbe, eds. Nigeria’s 2019 Democratic Experience. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023.
Blackwell, Maylei. Scales of Resistance: Indigenous Women’s Transborder Activism.
321–323
AbstractReview of: Blackwell, Maylei. Scales of Resistance: Indigenous Women’s Transborder Activism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2023.
Bonilla, Yarimar, Greg Becket, and Mayanthi L. Fernando, eds. Trouillot Remixed: The Michel-Rolph Trouillot Reader.
323–325
AbstractReview of: Bonilla, Yarimar, Greg Becket, and Mayanthi L. Fernando, eds. Trouillot Remixed: The Michel-Rolph Trouillot Reader. Durham,...
Leguizamón, Amalia. Seeds of Power: Environmental Injustice and Genetically Modified Soybeans in Argentina.
325–328
AbstractLeguizamón, Amalia. Seeds of Power: Environmental Injustice and Genetically Modified Soybeans in Argentina. Durham, NC: Duke University...
Stevens, Donald F., ed. Latin American History at the Movies.
328–330
AbstractReview of: Stevens, Donald F., ed. Latin American History at the Movies. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2023.
Wiersema, Juliet B. The History of a Periphery: The Spanish Colonial Cartography from Colombia’s Pacific Lowlands.
330–332
AbstractReview of: Wiersema, Juliet B. The History of a Periphery: The Spanish Colonial Cartography from Colombia’s Pacific Lowlands. Austin:...
Bar, Gobinda. Bangladesh–ADB 50 Years of Partnership: Building a Prosperous, Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Future.
332–334
AbstractReview of: Bar, Gobinda. Bangladesh–ADB 50 Years of Partnership: Building a Prosperous, Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Future....
McCarthy, John F., Andrew McWilliam, and Gerben Nooteboom. The Paradox of Agrarian Change: Food Security and the Politics of Social Protection in Indonesia.
334–336
AbstractMcCarthy, John F., Andrew McWilliam, and Gerben Nooteboom. The Paradox of Agrarian Change: Food Security and the Politics of Social...
Lu, Hanchao. Shanghai Tai Chi: The Art of Being Ruled in Mao’s China.
336–339
AbstractReview of: Lu, Hanchao. Shanghai Tai Chi: The Art of Being Ruled in Mao’s China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Capp, Bernard. British Slaves and Barbary Corsairs 1580–1750.
340–342
AbstractCapp, Bernard. British Slaves and Barbary Corsairs 1580–1750. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
Zayani, Mohamed, ed. A Fledgling Democracy: Tunisia in the Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings.
342–344
AbstractZayani, Mohamed, ed. A Fledgling Democracy: Tunisia in the Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2023.
Andrea, Alfred J., and Andrew Holt. Sanctified Violence: Holy War in World History.
344–346
AbstractAndrea, Alfred J., and Andrew Holt. Sanctified Violence: Holy War in World History. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2021.