BRICS IN MAINSTREAM SOCIAL SCIENCES. MAPPING THE IMAGINATION OF AN EMERGING GLOBAL SOUTH PHENOMENON

Matías F. Milia
Additional contact information
Matías F. Milia: University of Notre Dame

No w792m_v1, SocArXiv from Center for Open Science

Abstract: Since the early 2000s, the BRICS has emerged as a pivotal focus within the social sciences, framing discussions about shifts in global economic and political dynamics. This chapter examines how the concept of BRICS has evolved within social science discourse since the early 2000s, from its initial framing as an economic growth engine to a more complex phenomenon representing potential shifts in global governance and power dynamics. Through a systematic analysis of mainstream social science publications, the chapter maps the intellectual communities, geographic distributions, and funding sources that have shaped scholarly engagement with BRICS as a Global South phenomenon. Employing computational methods to analyze a specialized corpus, the research identifies key structural features of BRICS-related debates, disciplinary contributions, and underlying epistemic frameworks. By exploring how various social science disciplines—from economics and international relations to postcolonial studies and area studies—have approached BRICS, the chapter provides insights into how Global South subjects enter and circulate within mainstream knowledge production systems. This broad yet integrated analysis offers a comprehensive overview of how social sciences have documented, interpreted, and contributed to the evolving understanding of BRICS as a significant force in global affairs.

Date: 2024-12-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cis
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://osf.io/download/67fac44f417c91814641c11c/

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:osf:socarx:w792m_v1

DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/w792m_v1

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in SocArXiv from Center for Open Science
Bibliographic data for series maintained by OSF ().