International organizations, the Global South, and political sociology: Challenging the status quo

Abstract

The focus of a large body of work on international organisations (IOs) is on their politics at the headquarters level, and the influence of powerful member states on global IO design and operations. Recently, however, we are seeing an increasing focus on the more localised effects of IOs, and the importance of non-Western actors in their operations. This panel therefore centres non-Western states in relation to IOs. It examines the politics of institutions such as the UN, World Bank, and IMF, as well as regional IOs outside the West, and addresses questions such as: How do these IOs influence domestic politics in the Global South? How do governments in the Global South influence globally operational IOs? How do IOs work together with non-Western states and local organisations to carry out projects and with what effect? Together, the papers in this panel incorporate a wealth of empirics including both archival and interview based fieldwork to answer questions directly relevant to the operations of IOs in the Global South.

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Responding to the Cabo Delgado Insurgency in Mozambique: SADC as an Effective Security Actor?	View Paper Details
Making State Projects: Malaysia, the IMF, and the Puzzle of Self-Imposed Structural Adjustment	View Paper Details
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Knowledge Circulation in International Organizations: Problematizing migration narratives	View Paper Details