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South–South Cooperation and the Promise of Experimentalist Governance: The ASEAN Smart Cities Network

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: This article considers the impact that increasing pragmatism and pluralism are having on South–South cooperation (SSC). Focusing on the growing sway of multilateral platforms for cooperation between cities and the reinvigoration of regionalism, it identifies experimentalist design principles for fostering autonomy-enhancing initiatives between developing countries that have the capacity to learn from and scale up locally-informed, adaptive problem solving. The first part of the article frames SSC in light of experimentalist governance theory. The second part provides a case study of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Smart Cities Network, an initiative that captures the promise and challenges of enhancing SSC through regional experimentalist governance of city-to-city partnerships.

Source: Politics and Governance

DOI: 10.17645/pag.v10i2.4917

Author: Manuel Mejido Costoya

Institution: Quaid-i-Azam University

Language: English

Topic: Policy Transfer and Learning

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Partnerships for the goals, Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,132