south-south cooperation history

• Worlds Apart: Canadian and Brazilian Multilateralism in Comparative Perspective

Canadian policy makers have repeatedly emphasized improving relations with Brazil as a strategic objective in the Americas. Given past failures to cooperate, this objective may be difficult to realize. We argue that one of the reasons for this unrealized relationship between Canada and Brazil within hemispheric institutions is different national approaches to the role and purpose of multilateralism. This argument is advanced through an analysis of national interpretations of each country's engagement with multilateralism, drawing on the local literatures. The paper concludes with a discussion of the prospects and limits of future multilateral cooperation between the two countries, drawing on examples from the Inter-American System.

...This brief overview of the history and internal and external factors influencing Cana...

• Canadian Foreign Policy
• Vol. 15 Nbr. 1, April 2009

• Remittances As a Currency of Care: A Focus On 'Twice Migrants' Among the Indian Diaspora in Australia

In this paper we examine remittances as a currency of care from the perspective of migrants among the Indian diaspora in Australia. We focus particularly on seven "twice migrants" from Malaysia, Singapore, Kenya and the United Kingdom, and two cases where direct migration of the parental generation from India has led to multiple migration for their children as they moved from Australia to the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. These nine cases of multiple migration enable us to delve into the greater complexity and longer history of migration. The paper thus adds a historical dimension to literature on migration, analyzing changes across generations to remittances and the transnational family. Following Fischer and Tronto (1990) we distinguish between "caring about," "taking ...

... the high-income countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. 12 percent of the remittances come from c...

• Journal of Comparative Family Studies
• Vol. 42 Nbr. 2, April 2010