BRICS

'A uniquely valuable resource written by a stellar group of authors. They pierce through every aspect of the discourse around the BRICS, showing the reality beneath the politically engineered triumphalism.' -- Alfredo Saad-Filho, Professor of Political Economy, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London "This book is the most significant work yet published to examine these issues through a critical lens. It features essays from leading leftist scholars across the world such as Patrick Bond, Immanuel Wallerstein, Leo Panitch, William Robinson, Elmar Altvater, and Vijay Prashad, among many others ... The authors document the currently existing positions on the BRICS: from those who celebrate it, are cautious of it, to those who criticize it. It provides a useful and comprehensive overview of the current state of debate on the topic and provides a clear way to introduce the volume.' -- James Parisot, Marx & Philosophy Review of Books

Patrick Bond is Senior Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He is the author of several books, including BRICS (Pluto, 2015) and Elite Transition (Pluto, 2014). Ana Garcia is Professor of International Relations at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro and associate of the Institute of Alternative Policies of the Southern Cone (PACS). She is co-editor of BRICS: An Anti-Capitalist Critique (Pluto, 2015) and Elite Transition: From Apartheid to Neoliberalism in South Africa (Pluto, 2014).

List of Contributors List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction - Ana Garcia and Patrick Bond Part I: Sub-Imperial, Inter-Imperial or Capitalist-Imperial? 2. BRICS and the Sub-Imperial Location - Patrick Bond 3. Sub-Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Dependent Capitalism - Mathias Luce 4. BRICS, Capitalist-Imperialism and New Contradictions - Virginia Fontes 5. BRICS, the G20 and the American Empire - Leo Panitch 6. Capitalist Mutations in Emerging, Intermediate and Peripheral Neoliberalism - Claudio Katz Part II: BRICS Develop Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe 7. BRICS Corporate Snapshots during African Extractivism - Baruti Amisi, Patrick Bond, Richard Kamidza, Farai Maguwu and Bobby Peek 8. The Story of the Hunter or the Hunted?: Brazils Role in Angola and Mozambique - Ana Garcia and Karina Kato 9. China's Geopolitical Oil Strategy in the Andean region - Omar Bonilla Martinez 10. The Transnationalisation of Brazilian Construction Companies - Pedro Henrique Campos 11. Behind the Image of South-South Solidarity at Brazils Vale - Judith Marshall 12. Rios Ruinous Mega-Events - Einar Braathen, Gilmar Mascarenhas and Celina Srbe 13. Modern Russia as Semi-Peripheral, Dependent Capitalism - Ruslan Dzarasov 14. Russia's Neoliberal Imperialism and the Eurasian Challenge - Gonzalo Pozo Part III: BRICS within Global Capitalism 15. BRICS and Transnational Capitalism - William Robinson 16. BRICS at the Brink of the Fossil Bonanza - Elmar Altvater 17. Scramble, Resistance and a New Non-Alignment Strategy - Sam Moyo and Paris Yeros 18. The BRICS Dangerous Endorsement of Financial Inclusion - Susanne Soederberg 19. China and the Lingering Pax Americana - Ho-fung Hung 20. The Future Trajectory of BRICS - Achin Vanaik 21. Does the South Have a Possible History? - Vijay Prashad 22. Whose Interests are Served by the BRICS? - Immanuel Wallerstein 23. BRICS after the Durban and Fortaleza Summits - Niall Reddy 24. Building BRICS from Below? - Ana Garcia 25. Co-dependent BRICS from above, Co-opted BRICS from the Middle and Confrontational BRICS from Below - Patrick Bond Index