 | New Geographies of Global Policy-Making: South-South Networks and Rural Development Strategies Subjects: Environment & Agriculture; Area Studies; Global Development; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; Agriculture & Environmental Sciences; Latin American & Hispanic Studies; Rural Development; Politics & Development; Comparative Politics; International Relations; Regional Development; International Politics; Public Administration & Management; Sociology & Social Policy; Africa - Regional Development; African Politics; Latin American Politics; International Organizations; Policy Analysis; Public Policy; Political Sociology; Agriculture; International institutions and agencies from the Global North are no longer the sole initiators of development norms and best practices. The proliferation of exports and imports of social, economic and policy management models have called for a rethinking of South-South relations. To date, most studies have focused on the drivers and strategies of international initiatives made by emerging powers; none have analysed the impact of these initiatives on the receiving country's institutions, and on the structures of international organisations. In this book, Carolina Milhorance examines the content, process and consequences of the internationalisation of Brazil's rural public policy instruments. Brazil earned wide international recognition in the early 2000s for its agricultural modernisation and social policies; its increasing influence illustrated the specific political interests of coalitions that are embedded in domestic and international struggles. Drawing on extensive field research - including more than 280 interviews - conducted in Brazil, Mozambique, South Africa, Malawi, France and Italy, Milhorance analyses the effects of the internationalisation of Brazilian policy solutions on national and local political systems in recipient countries, highlighting specifically the case of Mozambique. Relying on a new theoretical approach to International Relations - one based on public policy analysis and international political sociology - she moves beyond a debate about conventional notions of international power. New Geographies of Global Policy-Making will be of interest to scholars and researchers of international relations, public policy analysis, political sociology, comparative politics, and Latin American studies. Carolina Milhorance is a researcher at the Centre for Sustainable Development at the University of Brasilia. She has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Paris Saclay and the University of Brasilia. Milhorance prepared this book while she was a research fellow at the French Centre for Agricultural Research and International Development. She has also worked for the OECD, the FAO office in Mozambique, the French Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations and the Brazilian Fund for Biodiversity. Her research currently focuses on the following subjects: Brazil-Africa and triangular cooperation in the rural sector, the role of International Organisations in processes of policy transfer, and climate adaptation policies in the Brazilian Amazon and semi-arid regions. |
