Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries (Paperback)

Min Jiang

ISBN 10: 1009531123 / ISBN 13: 9781009531122

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2025

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Paperback. In a world where digital development and policymaking are dominated by Silicon Valley tech giants, the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - play an increasingly important role. With forty percent of the world's population and twenty-five percent of global GDP, these nations possess vast troves of personal data. Yet, their conceptions, narratives, and initiatives of digital sovereignty remain understudied. This volume is the first to explore digital sovereignty from a Global South perspective and offers a forward-looking take on what a world less dependent on Silicon Valley might look like. It brings together excellent analyses of BRICS digital sovereignty issues, from historical imaginaries to up-to-date conceptualizations, e-payment to smart cities, legal analysis to geopolitical assessment. By offering neglected perspectives from the Global South, this book makes important contributions to the digital sovereignty debate. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. With forty percent of the world's population, twenty-five percent of global GDP and large troves of personal data, BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) play an increasingly important role in global digital development and policymaking. This is the first book exploring digital sovereignty from a Global South perspective. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009531123
• ISBN 13: 9781009531122
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In a world where digital development and policymaking are dominated by Silicon Valley tech giants, the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - play an increasingly important role. With forty percent of the world's population and twenty-five percent of global GDP, these nations possess vast troves of personal data. Yet, their conceptions, narratives, and initiatives of digital sovereignty remain understudied. This volume is the first to explore digital sovereignty from a Global South perspective and offers a forward-looking take on what a world less dependent on Silicon Valley might look like. It brings together excellent analyses of BRICS digital sovereignty issues, from historical imaginaries to up-to-date conceptualizations, e-payment to smart cities, legal analysis to geopolitical assessment. By offering neglected perspectives from the Global South, this book makes important contributions to the digital sovereignty debate. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

About the Authors

Min Jiang is Professor of Communication Studies and an affiliate faculty member of International Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is a secretariat member of the annual international Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) and CyberBRICS Visiting Professor at FGV Law School (Rio, Brazil).

Luca Belli is Professor of Digital Governance and Regulation at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School, where he heads the Center for Technology and Society and the CyberBRICS project. He is editor of the journal International Data Privacy Law and Director of Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference Latin America (CPDP LatAm).