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South Divide (south + divide)
Selected AbstractsThe North,South Divide and International Studies: A Symposium,INTERNATIONAL STUDIES REVIEW, Issue 4 2007Rafael X. Reuveny First page of article [source] Responsible Learning: Cultures of Knowledge Production and the North,South DivideANTIPODE, Issue 5 2007Tariq Jazeel First page of article [source] Aid, Relief, and Containment: The First Asylum Country and BeyondINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, Issue 5 2002B.S. Chimni A fundamental problem that confronts the European Union today is how it can maintain its commitment to the institution of asylum while checking irregular migration and the abuse of its asylum system. In order to explore a response to this dilemma the paper addresses the following questions: what role can relief and aid policies play in influencing migration patterns? What should be the appropriate approach to the granting of relief and aid to developing countries of first asylum? Should it be viewed as a part of the larger problem of development or be treated as a distinct issue? What kind of a relief/aid model will help refugees return to post,conflict societies and stop the conflict from reproducing itself? The paper examines two different approaches to address these questions: the alliance,containment approach and the distributive,developmental approach. It also looks at some empirical evidence, which reveals that at present it is a conservative alliance,containment approach that informs EU relief and aid practices. This approach, however, does not help achieve the stated objective of checking abuse of asylum and migration procedures while sustaining a commitment to a liberal asylum regime. The paper goes on to identify the gaps in EU policy and the lessons that can be drawn. It concludes by looking at different policy alternatives and suggesting the adoption of a reformist distributive,developmental model. The implementation of this model holds out the hope of reverting to a more liberal asylum regime while controlling irregular migration and "bogus" asylum seekers, for the reformist distributive developmental model takes a more long,term view of migration trends and also seeks to address the growing North,South divide. [source] Variations in Kinship Networks Across Geographic and Social SpacePOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, Issue 1 2008Michael Murphy This article analyzes variations in interaction with non-coresident adult kin based on comparable cross-national surveys conducted in 2001 in 27 countries. The two main dimensions of kin contact are considered: (1) overall levels and (2) the relative emphasis given to contacts with primary kin (parents, adult children, siblings) and secondary kin (aunts, cousins, in-laws). Age-adjusted variations in kin contact between countries are much greater than those within countries. These results do not confirm the commonly hypothesized existence of well-defined family system boundaries in Europe arising from historical factors. The similarity of patterns of countries outside Europe with European countries with which they have historical ties suggests cultural factors are important in explaining interaction with kin, whereas welfare regimes appear to have little explanatory value. Within Europe, kin contact levels are more strongly related to a north/south divide than to indicators of economic development or religiosity. The findings suggest that neither of the extreme assumptions,homogenizing pressures toward a nuclear family model or persistent well-defined groupings arising from historical contexts,can be substantiated. Rather, there is a continuum in family behaviors over a substantial range, related to a number of explanatory factors. [source] | ||||||||||