BRICS: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

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Cooper, Andrew F.

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9780198723394: BRICS: A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN 10: 0198723393 ISBN 13: 9780198723394
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

In the wake of the post-Cold War era, the aftermath of 9/11, the 2008 global financial crisis, and the emergence of the G20 at the leaders level, few commentators expected a reshaping of the global system towards multipolarity, and away from the United States. And yet, the BRICS - encompassing Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - has emerged as a challenge to the international status quo. But what is its capacity as a transformative force? And can it provide a significant counter-narrative to the Western dominated global order?

In this Very Short Introduction Andrew Cooper explores the emergence of the BRICS as a concept. Drawing on historical precedent, Cooper provides a contemporary analysis of the BRICS' practice and influence as as a forum and a lobby group in advancing a distinctive but amorphous agenda amongst global politics.

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About the Author

Andrew F. Cooper is Professor at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and the Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada. He is the Director for the Centre for Studies on Rapid Global Change, University of Waterloo; Associate Senior Fellow, Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisburg, Germany; and Associate Research Fellow-UNU CRIS (Institute on Comparative Regional Integration), Bruges, Belgium. His books include The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy (OUP, 2013) and The Group of Twenty (G20) (Routledge, 2013).

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198723393
ISBN 13 
9780198723394
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
160
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