Social, Political and Cultural Challenges of the BRICS

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For the almost 40 years of its existence, ANPOCS has contributed to introducing or consolidating new thematic areas in the academic agenda of debates in the Brazilian social sciences. Commensurate with this history, at the 37th Annual meeting, hosted in �guas de Lindoia, S�o Paulo, in 2013, we organized a large International Symposium, The BRICS and their social, political and cultural challenges on the national and international levels. There were six sessions of debates, gathered under the umbrella of �Development and public policies,� �Social inclusion and social justice,� and �Emerging powers and transformations in the international system,� followed by a final plenary session. Around 30 anthropologists, political scientists, sociologists and researchers in international relations from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, met over three highly productive days. As might be expected at ANPOCS, the encounter was marked not only by the diversity of countries and disciplines, but also by the theoretical and political diversity of the participants, something already apparent in the composition of the Brazilian coordinators of the Symposium. This book is just one tangible outcome of the papers and dialogues emerging from this encounter. Like the Symposium, the volume is divided into three sections. Looking to address an international readership, it is published in Portuguese and English.

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• Publié par: Langaa RPCIG
• Date de parution: 07 février 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9789956792443
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND
CULTURAL CHALLENGES OF THE BRICSSOCIAL, POLITICAL AND
CULTURAL CHALLENGES OF THE BRICS
Gustavo Lins Ribeiro
Tom Dwyer
Antonádia Borges
Eduardo Viola
(organizadores)SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND
CULTURAL CHALLENGES OF THE BRICS
Gustavo Lins Ribeiro
Tom Dwyer
Antonádia Borges
Eduardo Viola
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Brasil 3. Economia mundial 4. Inclusão social 5. Globalização 6. Política - Brasil
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Executive Commitee
President: Gustavo Lins Ribeiro (UnB)
Executive Secretary: Maria Filomena Gregori (Unicamp)
Deputy Secretary: Cláudio Gonçalves Couto (FGV-SP)
Publications Director: Marcos César Alvarez (USP)
Board of Directors
Bruno Pinheiro Wanderley Reis (UFMG)
Edna Maria Ramos de Castro (UFPA)
Julie Antoinette Cavignac (UFRN)
Audit Commitee
Angela Maria de Randolpho Paiva (PUC-RJ)
Antonio Carlos Motta de Lima (UFPE)
Tullo Vigevani (Unesp-Marília)
Secretariat
Berto de Carvalho
Bruno Ranieri
Felipe Carvalho
Mírian da Silveira
BRICS Project
General Coordinator:
Gustavo Lins Ribeiro (UnB)
Coordenadora do tema “Inclusão Social e Justiça Social nos BRICS”:
Antonádia Borges (UnB)
Coordinator of the section: “Social Inclusion and Social Justice in the BRICS”:
Eduardo Viola (UnB)
Coordinator of the section: “Development and Public Policies in the BRICS”:
Tom Dwyer (Unicamp)
Assistant Coordinator:
Gabriela Rodrigues da Guia Rosa
Editors
Assistant Editor: Mírian da Silveira
Editorial Project: Ponto & Linha
Copy Editor: Plínio DentzienSummary
PRESENTATION
Social, political and cultural challenges of the BRICS:
a symposium, a debate, a book 9
Gustavo Lins Ribeiro
PART ONE
DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC POLICIES IN THE BRICSS
Social sciences and the BRICS 19
Tom Dwyer
Development, social justice and empowerment in
contemporary India: a sociological perspective 33
K. L. Sharma
India’s public policy: issues and challenges & BRICS 45
P . S. Vivek
From the minority points of view: a dimension for China’s
national strategy 109
Naran Bilik
Liquid modernity, development trilemma and ignoledge
governance: a case study of ecological crisis in SW China 121
Zhou Lei8 • Social, political and cultural challenges of the BRICS
The global position of South Africa as BRICS country 167
Freek Cronjé
Development public policies, emerging contradictions
and prospects in the post-apartheid South Africa 181
Sultan Khan
PART TWO
CONTEMPORARY TRANSFORMATIONS AND RE-ASSIGNMENT
OF POLITICAL AND CULTURAL MEANING IN THE BRICS
Political-economic changes and the production of new categories
of understanding in the BRICS 207
Antonádia Borges
South Africa: hopeful and fearful 217
Francis Nyamnjoh
The modern politics of recognition in BRICS’ cultures
and societies: a chinese case of superstition becoming
intangible cultural heritage 255
Bingzhong Gao
Zindabad! Modern contestation against
the caste system in India 275
Pedro Lara de Arruda and Asleigh Kate Slingsby
Socio-economic inclusion and justice: a comparative
study of BRICS countries with a focus on India 301
Praveen Jha and Amit Chakraborty
Income security systems in comparative perspective:
Brazil and South Africa 335
Maria Paula Gomes dos SantosSummary • 9
PART THREE
EMERGENT POWERS AND TRANSFORMATIONS
IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
The BRICS in the international system: very relevant
countries, but a group of limited importance 383
Eduardo Viola
Is the BRICS a harbinger of a new matrix of global
governance in trade, energy and climate change? 391
Alexander Zhebit
South Africa in the international politics of climate
and energy 409
Kathryn Hochstetler
Brazilian climate and energy policies and politics
stin the 21 century 425
Eduardo Viola and Matías Franchini
Resource rents, resource nationalism and innovation policy:
perspectives on Africa and the BRICS 453
Michael Kahn
Russia in G20: lessons and opportunities for BRICS’S
macroeconomic policy 475
Natalia Khmelevskaya
Notes on contributors 497Social, political and cultural
challenges of the BRICS
A symposium, a debate, a book
Gustavo Lins Ribeiro
For the almost 40 years of its existence, ANPOCS has contributed to
introducing or consolidating new thematic areas in the academic agenda of
debates in the Brazilian social sciences. Commensurate with this history, at
ththe 37 Annual meeting, hosted in Águas de Lindoia, São Paulo, in 2013,
we organized a large International Symposium, The BRICS and their social,
political and cultural challenges on the national and international levels. There
were six sessions of debates, gathered under the umbrella of “Development
and public policies,” “Social inclusion and social justice,” and “Emerging
powers and transformations in the international system,” followed by
a fnal plenary session. Around 30 anthropologists, political scientists,
sociologists and researchers in international relations from Brazil, Russia,
India, China and South Africa, met over three highly productive days. As
might be expected at ANPOCS, the encounter was marked not only by
the diversity of countries and disciplines, but also by the theoretical and
political diversity of the participants, something already apparent in the
composition of the Brazilian coordinators of the Symposium.
The book we have the pleasure to present here is just one tangible
outcome of the papers and dialogues emerging from this encounter. Like the
Symposium, the volume is divided into three sections. Looking to address 10 • Social, political and cultural challenges of the BRICS
an international readership, it is published in Portuguese and English. The
work may also be accessed via the ANPOCs portal, making it more readily
available to researchers worldwide.
WHY UNITE 30 SOCIAL SCIENTISTS FROM THE
BRICS AT THE ANPOCS MEETING?
This question relates both to the importance of the BRICS and to the
importance of the social sciences in these countries and, in particular, in
Brazil. First of all, while the state and business leaders of the BRICS have
deepened their relations and agendas of mutual interests over the last few
years, the intellectuals and academics from this consolidating international
block still have a long way to go. The lack of mutual knowledge needs
to be reduced quickly. In our view it is more than time to search for a
strategic approximation between the intelligentsia of the BRICS countries,
which contain important academic communities, beyond the government
initiatives that very often suffer from the excesses of offcialdom. The
block needs to be understood as a whole and individually, in terms of each
of its components, in order to inform the general public and intervene
where necessary in the correlated processes in a qualifed way. The more
knowledge that opinion makers and qualifed interpreters have concerning
the problems in their countries, the easier it will be to develop the complex
foundations needed for cooperation and reciprocal exchange.
We set out from the principle that the existence of a new blo