BRICS

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).

'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.'

• List of ContributorsList of Abbreviations1. Introduction - Ana Garcia and Patrick BondPart I: Sub-Imperial, Inter-Imperial or Capitalist-Imperial? 2. BRICS and the Sub-Imperial Location - Patrick Bond3. Sub-Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Dependent Capitalism - Mathias Luce4. BRICS, Capitalist-Imperialism and New Contradictions - Virginia Fontes5. BRICS, the G20 and the American Empire - Leo Panitch6. Capitalist Mutations in Emerging, Intermediate and Peripheral Neoliberalism - Claudio KatzPart II: BRICS ‘Develop’ Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe7. BRICS Corporate Snapshots during African Extractivism - Baruti Amisi, Patrick Bond, Richard Kamidza, Farai Maguwu and Bobby Peek8. The Story of the Hunter or the Hunted?: Brazil’s Role in Angola and Mozambique - Ana Garcia and Karina Kato9. China's Geopolitical Oil Strategy in the Andean region - Omar Bonilla Martinez10. The Transnationalisation of Brazilian Construction Companies - Pedro Henrique Campos11. Behind the Image of South-South Solidarity at Brazil’s Vale - Judith Marshall12. Rio’s Ruinous Mega-Events - Einar Braathen, Gilmar Mascarenhas and Celina Sørbøe13. Modern Russia as Semi-Peripheral, Dependent Capitalism - Ruslan Dzarasov14. Russia's Neoliberal Imperialism and the Eurasian Challenge - Gonzalo PozoPart III: BRICS within Global Capitalism15. BRICS and Transnational Capitalism - William Robinson16. BRICS at the Brink of the Fossil Bonanza - Elmar Altvater17. Scramble, Resistance and a New Non-Alignment Strategy - Sam Moyo and Paris Yeros18. The BRICS’ Dangerous Endorsement of ‘Financial Inclusion’ - Susanne Soederberg19. China and the Lingering Pax Americana - Ho-fung Hung20. The Future Trajectory of BRICS - Achin Vanaik21. Does the South Have a Possible History? - Vijay Prashad22. Whose Interests are Served by the BRICS? - Immanuel Wallerstein23. BRICS after the Durban and Fortaleza Summits - Niall Reddy24. Building BRICS from Below? - Ana Garcia25. Co-dependent BRICS from above, Co-opted BRICS from the Middle and Confrontational BRICS from Below - Patrick BondIndex