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title = "Introduction: The Rise of the BRICS in the Global Political Economy: Changing Paradigms?",
abstract = "[Extract] The world has been dominated by the West since the eighteenth century,with the empires of the UK, France, Germany, Portugal and theNetherlands dividing up the resources of Asia amongst themselves. Thegenesis and continuation of such an imbalance in the world order is anintricate account of the economic, historical, political and social developments within individual countries or regions and between countries orregions. Even so a sketch of the global politico-economic history in thepast two hundred years can put things into perspective.",
author = "Lo, {Vai Io} and Mary Hiscock",
year = "2014",
month = jan,
day = "31",
doi = "10.4337/9781782545477.00007",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781782545460",
pages = "1--4",
booktitle = "The Rise of the BRICS in the Global Political Economy: Changing Paradigms?",
publisher = "Edward Elgar Publishing",
address = "United Kingdom",
}