New Geographies of Global Policy-Making: South-South Networks and Rural Development Strategies [Hardcover]

Introduction  1. Emergence is More than Just Economic Growth  2. An International Political Sociology Approach  3. Brazils Rural Policies and Coalitions  4. Change in Multilateral Organisations  5. Mozambiques Rural Policies and Coalitions  6. Influence of Brazilian Solutions in Mozambique: Consolidation of an Extractive Model  7. Influence of Brazilian Solutions in Mozambique: Dissonance Around the States Role  Conclusion

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 SouthSouth 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 countrys institutions, and on the structures of international organisations. In this book, Carolina Milhorance examines the content, process and consequences of the internationalisation of Brazils 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 politlÓb