Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: The study of South-South transfer is an interdisciplinary undertaking. Although the concept of a geopolitical South is highly questionable, the notion of cooperative efforts among individuals, institutions, peoples and governments of countries that have been labeled poor, developing and currently ‘The South1’ has awakened the interest of researchers coming from different disciplines in the social sciences. These interactions, and the reasons behind them, have brought enthusiasm to interdisciplinary research on the role of cooperation in education policy. But how have different disciplines, including education, approached South-South cooperation and transfer? Do they acknowledge transfer and cooperation as the same thing? Have they emphasized cooperation or policy transfer in South-South relations? In answering these questions, we reflect on four major disciplinary and theoretical approaches: comparative and international education, comparative policy, international relations, and development studies.
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2613863795