1st Edition

Regional Powers and Global Redistribution

Edited By Philip Nel, Dirk Nabers, Melanie Hanif Copyright 2015
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

Emerging regional powers such as India, Brazil and South Africa pose a challenge to the global order, but it is not always clear what and how fundamental that challenge is. This edited volume highlights various dimensions and interpretations of that challenge, arguing that it is characterized by internal tensions. On the one hand these states pursue the global redistribution of material,... Read more

1. Introduction: Regional Powers and Global Redistribution  2. Rising Regional Powers and International Institutions: The Foreign Policy Orientations of India, Brazil and South Africa  3. Rising States and Distributive Justice: Reforming International Order in the Twenty-First Century  4. Falling on Fertile Ground? The Story of Emerging Powers’ Claims for Redistribution and the Global Poverty Debate  5. Strategies and Tactics for Global Change: Democratic Brazil in Comparative Perspective  6. India’s Identity and its Global Aspirations  7. India and the Redistribution of Power and Resources

Biography

Philip Nel and Dirk Nabers are Professors of International Politics, respectively at the University of Otago (New Zealand) and the University of Kiel (Germany).

Melanie Hanif is a Researcher at the Forum Transregionale Studien, (Germany).

"Regional Powers and Global Redistribution is a significant resource that provides diverse insight on the roles and aspirations of the IBSA states as rising regional powers in international institutions and the global order. As an articulately written book, it provides a remarkable contribution to the relevant literature on the topic."
Öznur Keleş
the journal of Turkish Weekly