Emerging states : the wellspring of a new world order / Christophe Jaffrelot, editor ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch.

"First published in 2008 by Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, as L'enjeu mondial. les pays émergents"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Fabrications and illusions of emergence / Jean-Jacques Gabas and Bruno Losch -- What is an emerging country and is it an interesting concept for the social sciences? / Jérôme Sgard -- Forms of capitalism in emerging countries / interview with Robert Boyer -- Emerging countries: an attempt at typology / Jean Coussey -- Can we speak of an emerging Chinese power? / Jean-Luc Domenach -- India, an emerging power, but how far? / Christophe Jaffrelot -- Brazil, a South American state among the key players / Alain Rouquié -- Mexico, an emerging economy in the shadows of the superpower / David Recondo -- Turkey: a dynamic economy confronted with political uncertainty / Ahmet Insel -- South Africa: a power only in the eyes of others? / Dominique Darbon -- Russia: emerging or re-emerging? / panel discussion with Geoff Barnard ... [and others] -- A flight of wild geese. Regional integration and emergence of Asian economies / Françoise Lemoine -- Central and Eastern Europe buttressed by the European Union / François Bafoil -- Latin America, regionalism to no effect / Olivier Dabène -- Emerging countries and the changes implied for Europe / Jean-Marc Siroën -- Chinese and Indian multinationals out to conquer the world / Jean-François Huchet and Joël Ruet -- Emerging countries and international cooperation / Jean-Jacques Gabas -- China and Africa: from reunion to illusion / Roland Marchal -- The impact of China and India on Latin America / Rolando Avendano and Javier Santiso -- The role of emerging countries in the United Nations / Alexandra Novoseloff -- Emerging power strategies in the World Trade Organization / Cornelia Woll -- Human rights against the test of emerging countries / Guy Hermet -- Emergence or re-emergence? The Asian balance of powers as a long-term issue / François Godement -- Countries emerging, immersed, submerged, and adrift / Pierre Hassner -- Are emerging markets now shielded from financial crises? / Imèene Rahmouni-Rousseau -- The environmental limits of emergence / Emmanuel Guérin and Laurence Tubiana -- Globalization and inequality in emerging countries. The cases of India and China / Pierre-Noël Giraud, Jean-François Huchet and Joël Ruet.

Translated from the French.