| Title | Chapter 10: The rise of the Global South on the global scene |
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| Contributor | Charl C Wolhuter(author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2024.BK434.10 |
| Landing page | https://books.aosis.co.za/index.php/ob/catalog/book/434 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Charl C Wolhuter 2024. Licensee: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd. The moral right of the author has been asserted. |
| Publisher | AOSIS |
| Long abstract | In contrast to the objectionable, marginalised position of the Global South and scholars from the Global South in comparative and international education, the societal context of the Global South as a mega-region in the world is assuming significance and growing stature in the world. This chapter surveys the rising stature of the Global South. Geographically, the Global South covers a large tract of land and contains a considerable part of the global natural resources and global ecosystems. Demographically, the densist portion of the earth’s population has shifted to the South, and by the best of projections, an increasing percentage will inhabit the Global South in the coming years and decades. Economically, the Global South has been rising in strength during recent decades. Arguments have been forwarded that the Global South is assuming the vanguard position regarding global sociocultural dynamics or trends. The growing demographic and economic weight lend more political clout to the Global South in the world, while the rise of a multipower world, with Russia and especially China seeking a stronger role in the world, also enters a new global geopolitical calculus, attaching new value to the Global South. This rising stature of the Global South is surveyed in this chapter, making the case for a reconstructed comparative and international education all the more compelling. |
| Print length | 12 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
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Charl C Wolhuter studied at the University of Johannesburg, the University of Pretoria, the University of South Africa and Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in comparative education at Stellenbosch University. He was a junior lecturer in history of education and comparative education at the University of Pretoria and a senior lecturer in history of education and comparative education at the University of Zululand. Currently, he is a comparative and international education professor at the Potchefstroom campus of the North-West University, South Africa. He has held visiting professorships at, among others, Brock University, Canada; Driestar Pedagogical University, the Netherlands; the University of Crete, Greece; Canterbury Christ University, United Kingdom; the University of Joensuu, Finland; the University of Queensland, Australia; the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy; Mataj Bel University, Slovakia; Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Ukraine; University of Zhengzhou, China; the University of Namibia, Namibia; the University of the Western Cape, SouthAfrica; the Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen, Germany; the University of Latvia, Latvia; the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; the University of Tarapaca, Chile; and San Martín University, Argentina. He is the author of various books and articles on the history of education and comparative education. He is also the assistant editor of the journal Comparative Education Review.