Research Catalog

Title

The BRICs and emerging economies in comparative perspective : political economy, liberalisation and institutional change / edited by Uwe Becker.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

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Additional Authors

Becker, Uwe, 1951-

Description

xiv, 223 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• "In the past ten to twenty years the global political economy picture has dramatically changed with the emergence of the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and, notably, China (BRICs) as big players and competitors of the advanced economies in the West and Eastern Asia. The book comparatively analyses institutional change in the BRICs. This book examines the BRICs by analysing their institutional development, their main continuities and changes, and their differences. It provides a comparative analysis of the political economies of the BRICs, but also considers South Africa and Turkey, with a chapter on Eastern European countries. The contributors provide a systematic comparison of the state-economy and the capital-labour relationships and explore whether they liberalized or followed a specific trajectory. The book also addresses debates on the varieties of capitalism and explores whether the emerging economies fit into the dichotomous construction of liberal and coordinated capitalism or whether they require a more differentiated typological approach. Moving away from rigid conceptions and the static classification of political economies as either liberal or coordinated to present a more open approach, The BRICs and Emerging Economies in Comparative Perspective will be vital reading for students and scholars of comparative political economy, international relations, capitalism, the BRICs, emerging markets and the role of the state in the economy"--
• "In the past ten to twenty years the global political economy picture has dramatically changed with the emergence of the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and, notably, China (BRICs) as big players and competitors of the advanced economies in the West and Eastern Asia. The book comparatively analyses institutional change in the BRICs"--

Subject

• BRIC countries > Economic conditions > 21st century
• Developing countries > Economic conditions > 21st century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-216) and index.

Contents

Institutional change in the BRICs, Eastern Europe, South Africa and Turkey, 1998-2008 / Uwe Becker -- The evolution and contemporary manifestations of Sino-capitalism / Christopher A. McNally -- Continuity and change in Indian capitalism / Surajit Mazumdar -- Continuity and change in Russian capitalism / Alexandra Vasileva -- Politics and trajectory in Brazilian capitalist development / Renato Raul Boschi -- The South African variety of capitalism / Nicoli Nattrass -- Emerging on an illiberal path: the Turkish variety of capitalism / Işik Özel -- Prospects and politics: a sketch / Uwe Becker.

Call Number

JBE 14-8

ISBN

• 9780415843492 (hardback)
• 0415843499 (hardback)
• 9780415843508 (paperback)
• 0415843502 (paperback)
• 9781315884837 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013014454

OCLC

825750989

Title

The BRICs and emerging economies in comparative perspective : political economy, liberalisation and institutional change / edited by Uwe Becker.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-216) and index.

Added Author

Becker, Uwe, 1951- contributor, editor.

Research Call Number

JBE 14-8