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CIAO DATE: 05/2009

Emerging States: The Wellspring of a New World Order

CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT, Editor

January 2009

Columbia University Press

Abstract

Contents

Acknowledgements xi

About the contributors xii

Abbreviations xvii

Introduction 1
Christophe Jaffrelot

PART 1

GENEALOGY OF A CATEGORY

Fabrications and Illusions of Emergence 13
Jean-Jacques Gabas and Bruno Losch

What Is an Emerging Country and Is It an Interesting Concept for the Social Sciences? 28
Jérôme Sgard

Forms of Capitalism in Emerging Countries 42
Interview with Robert Boyer

PART 2

EMERGING POWERS: A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL CATEGORY?

Trajectories of Emergence 57

Emerging Countries: An Attempt at Typology 57
Jean Coussy

Can We Speak of an Emerging Chinese Power? 67
Jean-Luc Domenach

India, An Emerging Power, but How Far? 76
Christophe Jaffrelot

Brazil, a South American State among the Key Players? 90
Alain Rouquié

Mexico, an Emerging Economy in the Shadows of the Superpower 101
David Recondo

Turkey: A Dynamic Economy Confronted with
Political Uncertainty
112
Ahmet Insel

South Africa: A Power Only in the Eyes of Others? 119
Dominique Darbon

Russia: Emerging or Re-Emerging? 128
Panel discussion with Geoff Barnard, Jérôme Guillet,
Gilles Favarel-Garrigues, Christophe Jaffrelot and Anne de Tinguy

Regional Dynamics 143

A Flight of Wild Geese. Regional Integration and Emergence
of Asian Economies
143
Françoise Lemoine

Central and Eastern Europe Buttressed by the European Union 152
François Bafoil

Latin America, Regionalism to No Effect 165
Olivier Dabène

PART 3

A NEW WORLD OUTLOOK

Western Economies on the Defensive 177

Emerging Countries and the Changes Implied for Europe 177

Jean-Marc Siroën

Chinese and Indian Multinationals Out to Conquer the World 186
Jean-François Huchet and Joël Ruet

Africa and Latin America, New Playgrounds 197

Emerging Countries and International Cooperation 197
Jean-Jacques Gabas

China and Africa: From Reunion to Illusion 210
Roland Marchal

The Impact of China and India on Latin America 222
Rolando Avendano and Javier Santiso

Emerging Countries in the International System 231

The Role of Emerging Countries in the United Nations 231
Alexandra Novoseloff

Emerging Power Strategies in the World Trade Organization 244
Cornelia Woll

New Power Struggles in the Offing 256

Human Rights Against the Test of Emerging Countries 256
Guy Hermet

Emergence or Re-Emergence? The Asian Balance of Powers
as a Long-Term Issue
265
François Godement

Countries Emerging, Immersed, Submerged, and Adrift 278
Pierre Hassner

PART 4

PERSPECTIVES: HOPES AND HURDLES

Are Emerging Markets Now Shielded from Financial Crises? 291
Imène Rahmouni-Rousseau

The Environmental Limits of Emergence 303
Emmanuel Guérin and Laurence Tubiana

Globalization and Inequality in Emerging Countries.
The Cases of India and China
317
Pierre-Noël Giraud, Jean-François Huchet and Joël Ruet

Conclusion 333
by Christophe Jaffrelot

 

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