Panel: Transnational Flow of Ideas in National Policy and Planning in the Global South.
Type
conference contribution
Date Issued
2017-08-21
Author(s)
Abstract (De)
Policy studies have traditionally concentrated on the analysis of national and local levels (Stone, 2008). Only very recently (since the mid-2000s), a concern emerged about the arbitrariness of this geographic focus in times of globalization and trans-national flows (Clarke, 2012; Healey, 2013; Roy, 2011). This enlargement of concern accounts for the changed reality of policy making which issues are often beyond national scales and require coordination efforts between different states (e.g. maritime and environmental preservation, green-gas emissions, water management, refugees and mobility of people, trade, crime prevention and security studies). Furthermore since the 1990s, international organizations, partnerships and associations (United Nations, World Bank, City Alliance, C 80, ICLEI, etc.) have become increasingly important policy influences (see for a review of global policy, Deardorff Miller 2014). Consequently, we witness the parallel development of trans-nationalization of problems and decision making.
In this context, a deeper understanding is required of the mechanism of international and transnational policy making and the mobility of policy concepts, innovations (De Francesco 2013), and experts. This new sparking interest in transnational policy analysis has concentrated, with a few notable exceptions on the Global North (so for example, King 2003, Miraftab 2009, Haynes & Rao 2013). Policy (and academic) discourses in the Global South have largely reflected the unequal power distribution between colonies and colonial power. Countries of the Global South are not only the places of major development challenges but also may hold the potential answers to them.
The panel proposes to analysis the trans-nationality of policy making in countries of the Global South. Contributions should aim at unfolding the various scales of influences and decision-making in national policy making. These may include the use of specific case studies (“best practices”) for base line reports, the involvement of international organization, consultancies, or financial services. Promising contribution might come by analyzing the educational and institutional background of policy makers or to trace the specific mechanism an idea becomes translated from one sending to a receiving country. The aim of these contributions is to unearth the complex interrelatedness of policy ideas, their underlying discussion, involved people, actual outputs and on-ground effects of their implementation. A deeper understanding of the “Transnational flow of ideas in national policy and planning” gains an additional relevance in light of the Sustainable Development Goals and the recently ratified New Urban Agenda.
In this context, a deeper understanding is required of the mechanism of international and transnational policy making and the mobility of policy concepts, innovations (De Francesco 2013), and experts. This new sparking interest in transnational policy analysis has concentrated, with a few notable exceptions on the Global North (so for example, King 2003, Miraftab 2009, Haynes & Rao 2013). Policy (and academic) discourses in the Global South have largely reflected the unequal power distribution between colonies and colonial power. Countries of the Global South are not only the places of major development challenges but also may hold the potential answers to them.
The panel proposes to analysis the trans-nationality of policy making in countries of the Global South. Contributions should aim at unfolding the various scales of influences and decision-making in national policy making. These may include the use of specific case studies (“best practices”) for base line reports, the involvement of international organization, consultancies, or financial services. Promising contribution might come by analyzing the educational and institutional background of policy makers or to trace the specific mechanism an idea becomes translated from one sending to a receiving country. The aim of these contributions is to unearth the complex interrelatedness of policy ideas, their underlying discussion, involved people, actual outputs and on-ground effects of their implementation. A deeper understanding of the “Transnational flow of ideas in national policy and planning” gains an additional relevance in light of the Sustainable Development Goals and the recently ratified New Urban Agenda.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Event Title
», panel to be organized for the EADI NORDIC Conference: Globalisation at the Crossroads: Rethinking Inequalities and Boundaries
Event Location
University of Bergen, Norway
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
254437