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1 online resource (321 pages) |
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1. Introduction -- Part 1: Sub-imperial, inter-imperial or capitalist-imperial? -- 2. BRICS and the sub-imperial location -- 3. Sub-imperialism, the highest stage of dependent capitalism -- 4. BRICS, capitalist-imperialism and new contradictions -- 5. BRICS, the G20 and the American Empire -- 6. Capitalist mutations in emerging, intermediate and peripheral neoliberalism -- Part 2: BRICS 'develop' Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe -- 7. BRICS corporate snapshots during African extractivism Baruti Amisi, Patrick Bond, Richard Kamidza,8. The story of the hunter or the hunted? Brazil's role in Angola and Mozambique -- 9. China's geopolitical oil strategy in the Andean region -- 10. The transnationalisation of Brazilian construction companies -- 11. Behind the image of South-South solidarity at Brazil's Vale -- 12. Rio's ruinous mega-events -- 13. Modern Russia as semi-peripheral, dependent capitalism -- 14. Russia's neoliberal imperialism and the Eurasian challenge -- Part 3: BRICS within global capitalism -- 15. BRICS and transnational capitalism16. BRICS at the brink of the fossil bonanza -- 17. Scramble, resistance and a new non-alignment strategy -- 18. The BRICS' dangerous endorsement of 'financial inclusion' -- 19. China and the lingering Pax Americana -- 20. The future trajectory of BRICS -- 21. Does the South have a possible history? -- 22. Whose interests are served by the BRICS? -- 23. BRICS after the Durban and Fortaleza summits -- 24. Building BRICS from below? -- 25. Co-dependent BRICS from above, co-opted BRICS from the middle, and confrontational BRICS from below -- Index |
| Summary |
The emergence of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa on a global stage has upset the dominance of the United States as the world’s only superpower. But can they chart a path toward a more just global economy? This collection, which brings together leading political economists from around the world, argues that the BRICS are actually amplifying some of the worst features of international capitalism.This book aims to fill a gap in studies of the BRICS grouping of countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). It provides a critical analysis of their economies, societies and geopolitical strategies within the framework of a global capitalism that is increasingly predatory, unequal and ecologically self-destructive — no more so than in the BRICS countries themselves.In unprecedented detail and with great innovation, the contributors consider theoretical traditions in political economy as applied to the BRICS, including “sub-imperialism,” the World System perspective and dynamics of territorial expansion. Only such an approach can interpret the potential for a “brics-from-below” uprising that appears likely to accompany the rise of the BRICS |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Description based on print version record |
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Anti-imperialist movements
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Globalization -- Political aspects. -- BRIC countries
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Globalization -- Economic aspects.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General.
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Anti-imperialist movements.
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Economic history.
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Economic policy.
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Globalization -- Political aspects.
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International economic relations.
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Business & Economics -- Development -- Economic Development.
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BRIC countries http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011004321 -- Foreign economic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005782
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BRIC countries http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011004321 -- Economic conditions
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Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Developing countries -- Economic policy -- 21st century
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BRIC countries.
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Developing countries.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bond, Patrick. editor
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Garcia, Ana, editor
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| ISBN |
9781783716883 |
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1783716886 |
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1783716878 |
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