Published: 2022-07-19

Foreword

Ryan Alexander

vii–viii

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Foreword to issue 39-1 (Spring 2022) of the Journal of Global South Studies

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A Message from the Editor

Renewing Our Faith in Global South Studies

Ryan Alexander

ix–xiii

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A message from the editor of the Journal of Global South Studies, Ryan Alexander. 

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Afghanistan

The Making and Unmaking of a Modern State

Jawied Nawabi, Peter Kolozi

1–32

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After nearly twenty years of occupation and reconstruction, Afghanistan lacks a modern state. The dominant discourse absolves failures in the...

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India's Experiment with Community Development

Revisiting the State and Community

Hena Khatun, Jyotirmaya Tripathy

33–56

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Development in postcolonial India remains a contested terrain where competing
approaches are negotiated and operationalized. From the early...

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Conflict and Religious Minorities

The Case of Sikhs in Kashmir

Wakar Amin, Ashish Kumar

57–94

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Events in the Kashmir Valley during the late 1980s changed the demographic and sociopolitical outlook of the region. The armed insurgency that...

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Adeshina Afolayan and Demosophy

An Introduction to an African Philosophy of the Future

Nimi Wariboko

95–133

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This essay offers an interpretative analysis of Nigerian philosopher Adeshina Afolayan’s thoughts on the postcolonial predicament and...

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The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy Transition in Eastern Africa

Felix Shihundu, Israel Nyaburi Nyadera

134–159

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This paper focuses on the nexus between geopolitics and renewable energy in Eastern Africa. It sets out to explore the potential geopolitical...

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Women's Empowerment Matters

Evidence from the Health and Education Sectors in Developing Worlds

Kyeong Min Shin, Yujin Lee, Jinhwan Oh

160–182

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This study examines the effect of female empowerment on child development in developing countries. Using comprehensive panel data from...

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Community Participation in Urban Housing Improvement for Low-Income People in Vietnam’s Inner Cities

Case Studies from Hanoi and Hai Duong City

Ta Quynh Hoa

183–216

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Rapid urbanization and population growth in the cities of Vietnam in recent decades have put tremendous pressure on urban housing development,...

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Burns, Ross. Aleppo: A History

Jason R. Tatlock

245–247