Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa represent almost 18 per cent of the world economy, with their contribution to world growth having already exceeded 50 per cent. But what does the emergence of the BRICS mean for global politics? Andrew Cooper discusses the BRICS as a concept and its practice in global politics.

The BRICS

This book unravels the centrality of contestation over international institutions under the shadow of crisis. Andrew Cooper makes a compelling case that concertation represents a fundamental institution as a peer competitor to multilateralism.

The Concertation Impulse in World Politics

The first book to examine celebrity diplomacy as a serious global project with important implications, both positive and negative.

Celebrity Diplomacy

This work offers a concise examination of the purpose, function and practice of the Group of Twenty (G20) summit. Providing a comprehensive historical account of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors process, the text then moves on to outline the conditions, events and debates that led to the formation of the permanent, expanded leaderse(tm) level forum. The historical span of the G20 Summit process is not long, but the global transformations that precipitated it are crucial when seeking to understand it. Cooper & Thakur explore a variety of major debates, including: Governance 

The Group of Twenty (G20)

The Cairns Group, Agricultural Trade and the Uruguay Round

With increased interest in Canada and Australia over the last decade, students of foreign policy have produced an increasingly diverse range of scholarly material concerning the role and issue-orientation of these two countries. But until now there has been no study that bridges the mode of analysis found in the distinctive sets of comparative and international relations literature. In Between Countries fills this gap by providing a detailed study of the similarities and differences between Australia and Canada relating to agricultural trade negotiations.

In Between Countries

British Agricultural Policy, 1912-36

Canadian Foreign Policy

Middle Power Leadership and Coalition Building

Worthwhile Initiatives?

Cooperation-building in the Asia-Pacific Region

Enhancing Global Governance

Middle Power Leadership in the International Order

''This is an important book for anyone interested in international publicpolicy. It gives a very clear picture of the workings of the 'actuallyexisting'legislative process of global governance (problem-specific,global conferences) and the central, perhaps essential, role of 'middlepowers' and Canada in particular.''Craig N. Murphy, M. Margaret Ball Professor of International Relations, Wellesley College, USA.