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. 42 No. 2 (2025): Fall 2025
Published: 2025-10-15
Articles
Politics of the State and Urbanization Rescaling in Contemporary Iran (from 1789 to 2023)
133–159
AbstractThis article, following the theory of new state spaces and its terminology, explains the politics of the state and urbanization rescaling in...
Eco-Development
Rethinking the Roots of Environmentalism in the Global South
160–186
AbstractIn the fall of 1974, only a few months after the United Nations (UN) adopted the Declaration for the Establishment of a New International...
Context-Bounded Subaltern Realism
A Case Study of Gilgit Baltistan
187–220
AbstractMohammed Ayoob’s subaltern realism argues that postcolonial states’ behavior is shaped by colonial legacies, internal insecurities, and external...
TPLF and the Politics of Factionalism in Tigray
221–254
AbstractFollowing the 2020–22 Tigray war that shambled the Tigray People’s Liberation Front’s (TPLF) internal structure and legitimacy, the historical...
Brazil, India, and South Africa and the Use of Force in Peace Operations
Pragmatism Rather Than Inconsistency
255–281
AbstractContemporary peace operations are often authorized to use force to accomplish their mandates and protect civilians under threat. This coercive...
Notes from the Field
Book Reviews
Daly, Samuel Fury Childs. Soldier’s Paradise: Militarism in Africa after Empire
301–304
AbstractReview of: Daly, Samuel Fury Childs. Soldier’s Paradise: Militarism in Africa after Empire. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2024.
Degani, Michael. The City Electric: Infrastructure and Ingenuity in Postcolonial Tanzania
304–306
AbstractReview of: Degani, Michael. The City Electric: Infrastructure and Ingenuity in Postcolonial Tanzania.
Hanchey, Jenna N. The Center Cannot Hold: Decolonial Possibility in the Collapse of a Tanzanian NGO
306–309
AbstractReview of: Hanchey, Jenna N. The Center Cannot Hold: Decolonial Possibility in the Collapse of a Tanzanian NGO. Durham, NC: Duke University...
Lachenal, Guillaume. The Doctor Who Would Be King
309–311
AbstractReview of: Lachenal, Guillaume. The Doctor Who Would Be King. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2022.
Michael, Nigusie Kassaye W. Haile Selassie 1, Emperor of Ethiopia
311–314
AbstractReview of: Michael, Nigusie Kassaye W. Haile Selassie 1, Emperor of Ethiopia. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2023.
Njoku, Raphael Chijioke. Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans: Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa’s Development, 1947–2022
314–317
AbstractReview of: Njoku, Raphael Chijioke. Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans: Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa’s...
Nti, Kwaku. Maritime Culture and Everyday Life: A Social History of the Fanti People of Cape Coast
317–319
AbstractReview of: Nti, Kwaku. Maritime Culture and Everyday Life: A Social History of the Fanti People of Cape Coast. Bloomington: Indiana University...
Park, Emma. Infrastructural Attachments: Austerity, Sovereignty, and Expertise in Kenya
319–322
AbstractReview of: Park, Emma. Infrastructural Attachments: Austerity, Sovereignty, and Expertise in Kenya. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2024.
Rosenthal, Jill. From Migrants to Refugees: The Politics of Aid along the Tanzania–Rwanda Border
322–324
AbstractReview of: Rosenthal, Jill. From Migrants to Refugees: The Politics of Aid along the Tanzania-Rwanda Border. Durham, NC: Duke University Press,...
Siddiqi, Anooradha Iyer. Architecture of Migration: The Dadaab Refugee Camps and Humanitarian Settlement
324–326
AbstractReview of: Siddiqi, Anooradha Iyer. Architecture of Migration: The Dadaab Refugee Camps and Humanitarian Settlement. Durham, NC: Duke University...
Tomás, António. In the Skin of the City: Spatial Transformation in Luanda
326–328
AbstractReview of: Tomás, António. In the Skin of the City: Spatial Transformation in Luanda. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2022.
Wariboko, Nimi. Lifemaking: Political Philosophy for Human Flourishing in African Perspective
328–331
AbstractReview of: Wariboko, Nimi. Lifemaking: Political Philosophy for Human Flourishing in African Perspective. Albany: State University of New York...
Bell, Lucy, Alex Ungprateeb Flynn, and Patrick O’Hare. Taking Form, Making Worlds: Cartonera Publishers in Latin America
331–334
AbstractReview of: Bell, Lucy, Alex Ungprateeb Flynn, and Patrick O’Hare. Taking Form, Making Worlds: Cartonera Publishers in Latin America. Austin:...
Binnie, Mari Rodríguez. The São Paulo Neo-Avant-Garde: Radical Art and Mass Print Media in Cold War Brazil
334–336
AbstractReview of: Binnie, Mari Rodríguez. The São Paulo Neo-Avant-Garde: Radical Art and Mass Print Media in Cold War Brazil. Austin: University of...
Chancy, Myriam J. A. Harvesting Haiti: Reflections on Unnatural Disasters
336–338
AbstractReview of: Chancy, Myriam J. A. Harvesting Haiti: Reflections on Unnatural Disasters. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2023.
Delson, Nicolas. Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas: A Zooarchaeological Historical Study
338–340
AbstractReview of: Delson, Nicolas. Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas: A Zooarchaeological Historical Study. Gainesville: University Press of...
Dore, Elizabeth. How Things Fall Apart: What Happened to the Cuban Revolution
340–343
AbstractReview of: Dore, Elizabeth. How Things Fall Apart: What Happened to the Cuban Revolution. Durham: Duke University Press, 2023.
Joseph, Gilbert M., and Timothy J. Henderson. The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics, 2nd ed. [Revised and Updated]
344–345
AbstractReview of: Joseph, Gilbert M., and Timothy J. Henderson. The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics, 2nd ed. [Revised and Updated]. Durham,...
Rosas, Gilberto, and Mireya Loza (eds.). The Border Reader
346–348
AbstractReview of: Rosas, Gilberto, and Mireya Loza (eds.). The Border Reader. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2023.
Smith, Richard G. Student Resistance to Dictatorship in Chile, 1973–1990: ‘Security to Study, Freedom to Live!’
348–350
AbstractReview of: Smith, Richard G. Student Resistance to Dictatorship in Chile, 1973–1990: ‘Security to Study, Freedom to Live!’ London: Palgrave...
Stephenson, Marcia. Llamas beyond the Andes: Untold Histories of Camelids in the Modern World
351–353
AbstractReview of: Stephenson, Marcia. Llamas beyond the Andes: Untold Histories of Camelids in the Modern World. Austin: University of Texas Press,...
McGarr, Paul. Spying in South Asia: Britain, the United States, and India’s Secret Cold War
353–355
AbstractReview of: McGarr, Paul. Spying in South Asia: Britain, the United States, and India’s Secret Cold War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,...
Hammett, Daniel. Global Development: The Basics
356–358
AbstractReview of: Hammett, Daniel. Global Development: The Basics. New York: Routledge, 2024.