Emerging powers in a comparative perspective the political and economic rise of the BRIC countries /

"The book examines the rising influence of emerging powers in global politics, with a special focus on the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China). Chapters contributed by international scholars first look at the changing status of the US in the 21st century and at the EU as both an emerg...

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Other Authors: Nadkarni, Vidya., Noonan, Norma C.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury, [2013]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1.
  • Introduction /
  • Vidya Nadkarni
  • 2.
  • Global leadership of the USA and the emerging powers /
  • Norma C. Noonan
  • 3.
  • Europe: global power in the making /
  • Mary Troy Johnston
  • 4.
  • Japan and the emerging powers: toward middle power realism? /
  • David Fouse
  • 5.
  • China: a reluctant global power in the search for its rightful place /
  • Suishen Zhao
  • 6.
  • India: an aspiring global power /
  • Vidya Nadkarni
  • 7.
  • Russia in the new distribution of power /
  • Tatiana Shakleina
  • 8.
  • Brazil as an emerging power in the twenty-first century /
  • João Augusto de Castro Neves
  • 9.
  • Conclusion: global leadership in the twenty-first century /
  • Vidya Nadkarni and Norma C. Noonan.