BRICS and MICs

Implications for Global Agrarian Transformation

Ben Cousins, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Sérgio Sauer , Jingzhong Ye

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English

Routledge
30 September 2020

Development studies; Agriculture & related industries; Agricultural science

Series: Rethinking Globalizations

The economic and political rise of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), and powerful middle-income countries (MICs) such as Argentina, Indonesia and Turkey, has far-reaching implications for global agrarian transformation. These countries are key sites of agricultural commodity production, distribution, circulation and consumption and are contributing to major shifts in the character of agro-food systems.

This comprehensive collection explores these issues through the lens of critical agrarian studies, which examine fundamental social change in, and in relation to, rural worlds. The authors explore key themes such as the processes of agrarian change associated with individual countries within the grouping, the role and impact of BRICS countries within their respective regions, the role of other MICs within these regions and the rising importance of MICs within global and regional agro-food systems. The book encompasses a wide variety of case studies, including the expansion of South African agrarian capital within Africa; Brazil as a regional agro-food power and its complex relationship with China, which has been investing heavily in Brazil; the role of BRICS and MICs in Bolivia’s soy complex; crop booms within China; China’s role in land deals in Southeast Asia; and Vietnamese investment in Cambodia.

This book will be of interest to students and researchers of critical agrarian studies, with a focus on BRICS and MICs. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal Globalizations.

Edited by: Ben Cousins, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Sérgio Sauer, Jingzhong Ye
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 189mm,
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9780367664114
ISBN 10: 0367664119
Series: Rethinking Globalizations
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 30 September 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ben Cousins holds a DST/NRF Research Chair at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Saturnino M. Borras, Jr. is Professor of Agrarian Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands; Adjunct Professor in the College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD) at China Agricultural University (CAU), Beijing, PR China; and a Fellow of the Transnational Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Sergio Sauer is Professor for the Post Graduate Program for Environment and Rural Development in the Centre for Sustainable Development at the University of Brasilia, Brazil. He has a research scholarship from CNPq, Brasilia, Brazil. Jingzhong Ye is Professor and Dean of the COHD at CAU, Beijing, PR China.