Introduction: ‘The BRICS, Global Governance, and Challenges for South–South Cooperation in a Post-Western World’
| Author | Niall Duggan,Bas Hooijmaaijers,Marek Rewizorski,Ekaterina Arapova |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/01925121211052211 |
| Published date | 01 September 2022 |
| Date | 01 September 2022 |
| Subject Matter | Special Issue Articles |
https://doi.org/10.1177/01925121211052211
International Political Science Review
2022, Vol. 43(4) 469 –480
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Introduction: ‘The BRICS, Global
Governance, and Challenges for
South–South Cooperation in a
Post-Western World’
Niall Duggan
Department of Government and Politics, University College Cork, Ireland;
Institute of East Asian Politics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Bas Hooijmaaijers
School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University, China;
Leuven International and European Studies Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium
Marek Rewizorski
Institute of Political Science, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Ekaterina Arapova
Institute for International Studies, Moscow State Institute for International Relations (University) of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Russia
Abstract
Over the past decades, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) countries have experienced
significant economic growth. However, their political voices in global governance have not grown on par
with their economic surge. The contributions to the symposium ‘The BRICS, Global Governance, and
Challenges for South–South Cooperation in a Post-Western World’ argue there is a quest for emerging
markets and developing countries to play a more significant role in global governance. There is a widening
gap between the actual role of emerging markets and developing countries in the global system and their
ability to participate in that system. However, for the moment, various domestic and international political-
economic challenges limit this quest. To understand why this is the case, one should understand the BRICS
phenomenon in the broader context of the global power shift towards the Global South.
Corresponding author:
Bas Hooijmaaijers, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University, A406 Science
Building, No. 3663, Zhongshan Road N., Shanghai, 200062, China.
Email: bas.hooijmaaijers@kuleuven.be
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