The Rise of the Brics in Africa: The Geopolitics of South-South Relations

by Padraig Carmody

Book Overview

A little over a decade ago Africa was being spoken of in the media as the 'lost' or 'hopeless' continent. Now it has some of the fastest growing economies in the world, largely because of the impact of the BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. In this first book to be written about the BRICS as a collective phenomenon, P draig Carmody reveals how their engagements with Africa, both individually and collectively, are often contradictory,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780326041
• ISBN13: 9781780326047
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"