Power Dynamics in International Negotiations toward Equitable Policies, Partnerships, and Practices:
نام عام مواد
[Article]
ساير اطلاعات عنواني
Why it Matters for Africa, the Developing World, and their Higher Education Systems
نام نخستين پديدآور
José Cossa
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
Based on lessons learned from examining the relationship between several international organizations and African higher education, this paper unveils the subtleties and complexities of power dynamics in negotiations, provides illustrative cases to enhance such understanding, discusses the implications of power dynamics in negotiations over higher education policy, and provides a glimpse at the necessary ingredients to build sustainable and healthy international partnerships. Based in a conceptual framework of power dynamics, the paper hinges on international regimes for its theoretical foundation, and on the intersection of conflicting agendas for a transformative higher education in Africa, as advocated by the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), for its historical framework. An understanding of the subtleties and complexities of power dynamics in international negotiations is critical for Africa at this crossroads of her relationship with BRIC countries, particularly amidst the competition between China and other superpowers and their respective organizations over Africa as a market arena. This understanding will also be important for examining newly claimed 'reformed' policies originating from the historically dominant Western countries because (a) the dimensions of this relationship are still being negotiated/established, thus a good time to address power dynamics; (b) Africa is engaged in a quest for development through partnerships; and, (c) African scholars are often confronted with the idea of a higher education system by African design. With a focus on Africa that simultaneously highlights the problem of developing nations more generally, this paper discusses four categories of power - hermeneutical, informational, manipulative, and monetary - that must be taken seriously into account in international negotiations as they have dire consequences for the developing world.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2013
توصيف ظاهري
100-117
عنوان
African and Asian Studies
شماره جلد
12/1-2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1569-2108
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اصطلاح موضوعی
African Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Asian Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Equitable Participation
اصطلاح موضوعی
GATS
اصطلاح موضوعی
General
اصطلاح موضوعی
Higher Education
اصطلاح موضوعی
International Negotiations
اصطلاح موضوعی
International Regimes
اصطلاح موضوعی
Middle East and Islamic Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Power Dynamics
اصطلاح موضوعی
Social Sciences
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