国际政治经济学：金砖国家与新兴世界秩序
课程教师
Gregory T. Chin
教师简介
Professor Gregory T. Chin is an Associate Professor of Political Science/Political Economy at York University, Canada, and he specializes on the political economy of international money and development finance, China, Asia, the BRICS, and global governance. He is considered as a world leading expert on the BRICS, and the New Development Bank. Chin has published widely on the BRICS in leading journals such as Review of International Political Economy, Global Policy, International Affairs, Global Governance, and he is the coauthor of the forthcoming book, China and the Bretton Woods Order (Cambridge University Press, 2025).He has taught the Doctoral and Master’s level course on the Political Economy of the BRICS at York University since 2015. Chin is regularly invited to present his BRICS research around the world, including most recently in November 2024 at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and in December 2024 at The University of Hong Kong. Dr. Chin is a former official of the Government of Canada, including at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing as First Secretary/Development (2003-2006).
课程内容
This course examines the global rise of the “BRICS” – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa – and the emerging world order, giving attention to contending IPE theoretical perspectives. The main themes to be assessed are, first, the respective strengths and weaknesses of the competing IPE perspectives and related research agendas in the study of the BRICS as a global phenomenon and related impacts and consequences at the world order level. Second, the historical, structural, ideational, institutional factors, both domestic and global, which have catalyzed and conditioned the rise of the BRICS. Third, the international power and diplomatic capabilities of the BRICS nations, and their fundamental strengths and limitations as global actors. Fourth, the BRICS as a serious collective force, and transformational force, or not, or to what degree. Fifth, comparing the contemporary BRICS and other preceding collective efforts from the Global South (e.g. Bandung, NIEO), and whether the BRICS offer viable solutions for other countries this time. In addition to contending IPE perspectives and research agendas, attention throughout the course will be given to the global public policy recommendations that are generated from the contending perspectives, encompassing the more conventional approaches of Realism and Liberal Institutionalism, and the non-conventional approaches and perspectives.
课程安排
Lecture | Topic (2.5 teaching hours) |
1 | Day 1: Setting the Scene: The BRICS, The Idea, The Debate, Naysayers and Proponents |
2 | Day 2: Contending ‘Conventional’ Perspectives & Research Agendas: The BRICS according to IR Realism and Liberal Institutionalism |
3 | Day 3: Heterodox Perspectives & Research Agendas: Green, Civilizational, Robert Cox’s Historical Structures, Neo-Dependency, Gender |
4 | Day 4: The Rise of China, India, Brazil – Domestic Conditions: National Developmentalism, Building Economic Weight |
5 | Day 5: The Rise of China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Russia – Global Reformers, from National Weight to Global Influence |
6 | Day 6: Creating New Financial Institutions of the BRICS: New Development Bank (NDB) and Contingency Reserve Arrangement (CRA) |
7 | Day 7: The BRICS as Environmental Protectors and Global Climate Advocates |
8 | Day 8: The BRICS as Global Monetary and Payments Innovators |
9 | Day 9: The BRICS as New Industrialization, Digitalization, AI, and Future Inter-Regional Trade Cooperation |
10 | Day 10: The BRICS as Geopolitical Force, and the Emerging Future of the BRICS and World Order |
