Pádraig Carmody lectures in development geography at Trinity College Dublin, from which he holds both a BA in geography and history and an MSc in geography. He completed his PhD in geography at the University of Minnesota in 1998. Subsequently he taught at the University of Vermont, Dublin City University and St Patrick's College, Drumcondra. He also worked as a policy and research analyst for the Combat Poverty Agency in 2002/3. His research centres on the political economy of globalization in Africa.

• 1. Introduction: new models of globalization2. China: globalization and the rise of the state?3. South Africa: another BRIC in the wall?4. India: the geo-logics of agro-investments5. Russia: unalloyed self-interest or reflections in the mirror?6. Brazil: globalizing solidarity or legitimizing accumulation?7. Conclusion: governance and the evolution of globalization in Africa

This book is an excellent and concise primer for students of international relations and African Studies interested in understanding the evolving global power shift and Africa's place within it. By carefully deconstructing the acronym BRICS, Carmody expose its limitations as an analytical tool for understanding structural change, and then proceeds to provide important pointers on how Africa should respond to the challenge posed by the increasing influence of Brazil, Russia, India and China on Africa's development.

Pádraig Carmody lectures in development geography at Trinity College Dublin, from which he holds both a BA in geography and history and an MSc in geography. He completed his PhD in geography at the University of Minnesota in 1998. Subsequently he taught at the University of Vermont, Dublin City University and St Patrick's College, Drumcondra. He also worked as a policy and research analyst for the Combat Poverty Agency in 2002/3. His research centres on the political economy of globalization in Africa.

• 1. Introduction: new models of globalization2. China: globalization and the rise of the state?3. South Africa: another BRIC in the wall?4. India: the geo-logics of agro-investments5. Russia: unalloyed self-interest or reflections in the mirror?6. Brazil: globalizing solidarity or legitimizing accumulation?7. Conclusion: governance and the evolution of globalization in Africa

This book is an excellent and concise primer for students of international relations and African Studies interested in understanding the evolving global power shift and Africa's place within it. By carefully deconstructing the acronym BRICS, Carmody expose its limitations as an analytical tool for understanding structural change, and then proceeds to provide important pointers on how Africa should respond to the challenge posed by the increasing influence of Brazil, Russia, India and China on Africa's development.

Pádraig Carmody lectures in development geography at Trinity College Dublin, from which he holds both a BA in geography and history and an MSc in geography. He completed his PhD in geography at the University of Minnesota in 1998. Subsequently he taught at the University of Vermont, Dublin City University and St Patrick's College, Drumcondra. He also worked as a policy and research analyst for the Combat Poverty Agency in 2002/3. His research centres on the political economy of globalization in Africa.

• 1. Introduction: new models of globalization2. China: globalization and the rise of the state?3. South Africa: another BRIC in the wall?4. India: the geo-logics of agro-investments5. Russia: unalloyed self-interest or reflections in the mirror?6. Brazil: globalizing solidarity or legitimizing accumulation?7. Conclusion: governance and the evolution of globalization in Africa

This book is an excellent and concise primer for students of international relations and African Studies interested in understanding the evolving global power shift and Africa's place within it. By carefully deconstructing the acronym BRICS, Carmody expose its limitations as an analytical tool for understanding structural change, and then proceeds to provide important pointers on how Africa should respond to the challenge posed by the increasing influence of Brazil, Russia, India and China on Africa's development.