GS2234, Emerging Powers in the Global South, 15,0 higher education credits Nya maktcentra i det globala syd, 15.0 högskolepoäng

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1 FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES GS2234, Emerging Powers in the Global South, 15,0 higher education credits Nya maktcentra i det globala syd, 15.0 högskolepoäng Second Cycle 1. Confirmation The course syllabus was confirmed by Department of Global Studies on to be valid from Field of education: Social Sciences 100 % Department: School of Global Studies 2. Position in the educational system The course is an elective in-depth course within the Master programme in Global Studies. It can also be studied as a freestanding course. Main field of studies Global Studies Specialization A1F, Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements 3. Entry requirements A completed core course of 15 higher education credits in the second cycle within the field of global studies, or the equivalent competence. 4. Course content The course deals with the emerging powers in the Global South: Brazil, India, China, and South Africa (which together with Russia make up the so-called BRICS). A main objective of the course is to provide students with in-depth knowledge and understanding of how these increasingly powerful countries have emerged; their social, cultural, economic and political characteristics as well as their position within and outside the regions that surround them. In order to understand the significance of emerging powers the course takes into account the regional and historical contexts in which these transformations take place. The course is underpinned by a comparative research problematic: how and in which contexts do these emerging powers in the Global South articulate their power in relation to others and for what aims and in what manner do they

2 2/ 3 project this power? The course furthermore asks what changes the contemporary rise of the BRICS and other countries in the Global South may bring for world order. For instance, what will be the consequences of emergent powers increasingly controlling their own political and economic destiny? Is there a threat of increasing fragmentation and world disorder or does this development rather hold the promise of a more peaceful world, for instance if we take seriously the argument by some BRICS powers to democratize and reform global governance institutions? Upon completion of the course the student will be able to undertake independent and empirically sound appraisals and comparisons of various regional actors, including emerging powers. The student will also be able to critically assess the challenges and opportunities presented by the emergence of the BRICS countries to on the one hand development and economic growth, and on the other, stability and multilateralism in the current world order. An interdisciplinary approach is employed on the course, which considers historical, political, economic as well as cultural dimensions and aspects. 5. Learning outcomes On successful completion of the course the student will be able to: Knowledge and understanding discuss the relationship between regions, emerging powers and the process of globalization; discuss particular versus general processes involved in the emergence of powerful countries and regions; compare how and in what contexts BRICS-countries articulate and project their power, and for what aims; Skills and abilities apply relevant theoretical and methodological tools in the comparative study of regions and powers within them; formulate relevant research problems within the field of regions and emerging powers in the Global South; Judgment and approach assess possible consequences for world order of the rise of the BRICS countries; critically evaluate new actors perspectives on global politics through relevant theoretical frameworks. 6. Literature See appendix. 7. Assessment Examination will take the form of active participation in four seminars, role plays, and a written take home essay.

3 A student who has failed a test twice has the right to change examiner, if serious motivation can be provided. A written application should be sent to the Department. The number of examinations is limited to five occasions. 3/ 3 In cases where a course has been discontinued or major changes have been made a student should be guaranteed at least three examination occasions (including the ordinary examination occasion) during a time of at least one year from the last time the course was given. 8. Grading scale The grading scale comprises Fail (U), Pass (G), Pass with Distinction (VG). A Pass grade for the course requires active participation in the seminars and the role play and a Pass grade on the take home exam. Pass with Distinction requires active participation in seminars and the role play and a Pass with Distinction on the take home exam. 9. Course evaluation A written course evaluation will be carried out at the end of the course. The results and possible changes in the course will be shared with the students who participated in the evaluation and to those who are beginning the course through publication on GUL. 10. Additional information Language of instruction: English.

4 Course literature GS2234 Emerging Powers in the Global South Beslut om fastställande: Books Amrita Narlikar 2010, New Powers: How to Become One and How to Manage Them. Columbia University Press. Gardini Gian Luca 2012, Latin America in the 21st Century: Nations, Regionalism, Globalization, Zed Books. E-book UL Nadkarni Vidya and Norma C. Noonan 2012, Emerging Powers in a Comparative Perspective: The Political and Economic Rise of the BRIC Countries. Bloomsbury. Pádraig Carmody, 2013 The Rise of the BRICS in Africa: The Geopolitics of South-South Relations, ZED Books Roett Riordan, 2010, The New Brazil, Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, E-book can be available. E-book UL Söderbaum, Fredrik (2014) Rethinking Regionalism, Basingstoke: Palgrave (manuscript). (250 pp). E-book manus. GUL Shambaugh, D. L. (2013) China goes global : the partial power. New York, NY : Oxford University Press. 409 p.ul Articles/chapters by themes: Comparative perspectives and Regionalism: Acharya, Amitav (2012) Comparative Regionalism: A Field Whose Time has Come? International Spectator, Vol 47, Issue 1, pp: 3-15.

5 Amrita Narlikar (ed.) 2013 International Affairs, Special Issue entitled Negotiating the Rise of New Powers, 89: 3, May Antkiewics and Andrew F Cooper (2011) Beyond Geography: BRIC/SAM and the new contours of regionalism, in Tim Shaw et al (eds) Ashgate Research Companion to Regionalisms (Franham: Ashgate) pp E-article. GUL Söderbaum, Fredrik (2009) Comparative Regional Integration and Regionalism, in Todd Landman and Neil Robinson (eds.) SAGE Handbook of Comparative Politics, London: Sage Books, pp Africa as an emerging region Alden, C., and Soko, M., South Africa s Economic Relations with Africa: Hegemony and its Discontents, Journal of Modern African Studies, 43(3): Alden, C., and Le Pere, G., South Africa in Africa: Bound to Lead?, Politikon, 36(1): Godsäter Andréas and Fredrik Söderbaum, 2011 Civil Society in Regional Governance in Eastern and Southern Africa, David Armstrong, Valeria Bello, Julie Gilson and Debora Spini (eds.) Civil Society and International Governance. The role of non-state actors in global and regional regulatory frameworks. London: Routledge, pp Habib, A., South Africa s Foreign Policy: Hegemonic Aspirations, Neoliberal Orientations and Global Transformation, South African Journal of International Affairs, 16(2): Kornegay, A., and Landsberg, C., 2009 Engaging Emerging Powers: Africa s Search for a Common Position, Politikon, 36(1): Schirm, Stefan A, 2009 Leaders in Need of Followers: Emerging Powers in Global Governance European Journal of International Relations, Nov pp UB Schoeman, M., Africa and the World, South African Journal of International Affairs, 7(1): Taylor, I., and Williams, P., Introduction: Understanding Africa s Place in World Politics in Taylor, I., and Williams, P., Africa in International Politics: External Involvement on the Continent. London & New York: Routledge. (Chapter 1 pp. 1-22). Söderbaum, Fredrik, 2004 Modes of Regional Governance in Africa: Neoliberalism, Sovereignty-boosting and Shadow Networks, Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, Vol. 10, No. 4 (November), pp Asia as an emerging region: A. Kohli & P. Singh (eds) Routledge handbook of Indian politics, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge. See: Rudolph, S.H., & Rudolph, L.I Gandhi s India, the world s, Gandhi: Gandhi at home and in the world: 39 53; part IV: India and the World pp E-bok. UB

6 Acharya, A. (2010). Asia is not one. The Journal of Asian Studies, 69(4), Camroux, David (2012) Regionalism in Asia as Disguised Multilateralism: A Critical Analysis of the East Asia Summit and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, International Spectator, Vol 47, Issue 1, pp: Mahbubani, Kishore (2009) The New Asian Hemisphere. The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East. Public Affairs. ISBN10: p. (E-book within UL-GU)- selected chapters. Nayyar, B. R. (2013). India and the World: The Vicissitudes of Mutual Adjustment. In A. Kohli & P. Singh (Eds.), Routledge handbook of Indian politics (pp ). Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge. UL E-book. Oxelheim Lars ed. EU-Asia and the Re-polarization of the Global economic arena, Singapore: World Scientific Publ pp: ch 3 (pp 55-94); ch 7 (pp ). UL E- book Said, E. W. (1985). Orientalism Reconsidered. Cultural Critique, (1), Weightman, B.A Dragons and tigers: a geography of South, East and Southeast Asia. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Selected pages, approximately 15 in total, to be uploaded on GUL. Rudolph, S.H., & Rudolph, L.I Gandhi s India, the world s Gandhi: Gandhi at home and in the world. In A. Kohli & P. Singh (eds) Routledge handbook of Indian politics, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge. UL E-book Saez, L India in Asia: Geostrategic and economic considerations. In A. Kohli & P. Singh (eds) Routledge handbook of Indian politics, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge. UL E-book Upadhya, C India s New Middle Class and the Globalising City: Software Professionals in Bangalore, India. In H. Lange & L. Meier (eds) The new middle classes globalizing lifestyles, consumerism and environmental concern, London: Springer. UL E-book. Latin America as an emerging region Christensen Steen Fryba 2013, Brazil s Foreign Policies Priorities, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2013, pp Hochstetler, K and Viola, E, Brazil and the politics of climate change: beyond the global commons Environmental Politics, ISSN , 2012, Volume 21, Issue 5, pp UL N. Kiggundu, Moses Anti-poverty and progressive social change in Brazil: lessons for other emerging economies in International Review of Administrative Sciences, ISSN , 12/2012, Volume 78, Issue 4, pp UL. Knippers Black, Jan ed. Latin America: Its problems and Its Promise, Fifth edition, Westview Press, Cambridge. Part 2-4 chapt: 5-12 pp E-book UL

7 Ramírez Socorro, Regionalism: The Pacific Alliance, in Americas Quarterly, ISSN X, 04/2013, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 101 UL. Trebat, Thomas J New directions for a more prosperous Brazil in Journal of international affairs, ISSN X, 03/2013, Volume 66, Issue 2, pp XVI UL.