1st Edition
Locating BRICS in the Global Order Perspectives from the Global South
BRICS is conceivably the most formidable organisation to have emerged in the post-Cold War period in the non-Western world. This book highlights the significance of BRICS in a wider global context and foregrounds the long-pending demand for the reform of global governance institutions.
The volume:
• Traces how the organisation came into being and looks at the distinct norms and principles espoused by it
• Discusses the glaring limitations of the existing institutions of global governance
• Explores the economic growth and the rising political influence of BRICS states
• Analyses the internal threats to the survival of the organisation and assesses its prospects in the foreseeable future.
A significant intervention in situating BRICS as one of the major players in global governance, the book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international political economy, international business and finance, international relations, politics, and Global South Studies.
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List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
G. Venkat Raman and Rajan Kumar
PART I
Locating BRICS in the Global Order
2 Liberal International Order and the Evolution of BRICS
Bappaditya Mukherjee
3 Evolution of BRICS: History and Politics
Ajay K. Patnaik
4 BRICS in Blues: Potentialities of the Maritime World: Lessons from the History of Money, Metallism and Mercantilism
Rohan
5 Economic Growth, Trade and Investment Trends in BRICS
Meeta Keswani Mehra and Sk. Md. Azharuddin
6 Inter- and Intra-BRICS Bilateral Trade Pattern: A Panel Import Gravity Model Approach
Meeta Keswani Mehra and Sk. Md. Azharuddin
7 Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in BRICS Countries: A Panel Data Analysis
Sk. Md. Azharuddin and Meeta Keswani Mehra
8 Towards an Aesthesis of BRICS
Meenakshi Sundriyal
PART II
Member States and Their Interests in BRICS
9 Brazil and BRICS
Bruno De Conti, Édivo de Almeida Oliveira and Júlio Vicente Cateia
10 Russia and its Interests in BRICS
Oxana Kharitonova
11 Multilateralism in Russia’s Foreign Policy and BRICS
Surbhi Choudhary
12 India and BRICS
Rajan Kumar
13 China and BRICS
Liu Zongyi
14 China, Global Governance and BRICS
G. Venkat Raman
15 South Africa and BRICS
Subodh N. Malakar and Khush-Hal S. Lagdhyan
PART III
New Vistas of Cooperation within BRICS: Lacunae and Possibilities
16 The COVID-19 Pandemic and the BRICS Response: Cooperation, Constraints, and Geopolitics
Ashok Sharma
17 BRICS and the Covid Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities
Shradha
18 BRICS: A Study of its Cooperation and Challenges
Aparaajita Pandey and Huma Siddiqui
19 BRICS, Development-Aid and Disaster-Aid Management: A Framework for Cooperation in Disaster Management
Himanshu Shekhar Mishra
20 Conclusion: Building Alterity and Inclusion: BRICS’ Journey Thus Far
Meeta Keswani Mehra and Meenakshi Sundriyal
Index
Biography
Rajan Kumar, Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Meeta Keswani Mehra, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
G. Venkat Raman, Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India.
Meenakshi Sundriyal, Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
