Inequality and Development Challenges

BRICS National Systems of Innovation
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-56102-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 139 mm, Gewicht: 456 g

This series of books brings together results of an extensive research programme on aspects of the national systems of innovation (NSI) in the five BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. It provides a comprehensive and comparative examination of the challenges and opportunities faced by these dynamic and emerging economies. In discussing the impact of innovation with respect to economic, geopolitical, socio-cultural, institutional, and technological systems, it reveals the possibilities of new development paradigms for equitable and sustainable growth.

This volume analyses the co-evolution of inequality and NSI across the BRICS economies. It reveals the multi-dimensional character of inequality, in going beyond its income aspect to include assets, access to basic services, infrastructure, knowledge, race, gender, ethnicity and geographic location. In advancing valuable policy recommendations, the book argues that inequalities must be factored in development strategies given that benefits of innovation are not automatically distributed equally. Original and detailed data, together with expert analyses on wide-ranging issues, make this book an invaluable resource for researchers and scholars in economics, development studies and political science, in addition to policy-makers and development practitioners interested in the BRICS countries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Soares, Maria Clara Couto

Scerri, Mario

Maharajh, Rasigan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations. List of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword Judith Sutz. Preface. Introduction: BRICS National Systems of Innovation Jose É. Cassiolato and Maria Clara Couto Soares 1. The Co-evolution of Innovation and Inequality Mario Scerri, Maria Clara Couto Soares and Rasigan Maharajh 2. Inequality, Innovation System and Development: The Brazilian Experience Maria Clara Couto Soares and Maria Gabriela Podcameni 3. National Innovation System and Inequality in Russia Stanislav Zaichenko 4. Dealing with the Innovation–Inequality Conundrum: The Indian Experience K. J. Joseph, Lakhwinder Singh and Vinoj Abraham 5. Innovation System and Inequality Reduction in China Xielin Liu, Shucheng Han and Ao Chen 6. South Africa: The Need to Disrupt the Co-evolution of the Innovation System and Inequality Lucienne Abrahams and Thomas E. Pogue. About the Series Editors. About the Editors. Notes on Contributors. Index

Über Autor(innen)

Maria Clara Couto Soares is Senior Researcher, Research Network on Local Productive and Innovative Systems-RedeSist, Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Mario Scerri is Professor of Economics, Tshwane University of Technology, and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), South Africa.

Rasigan Maharajh is Chief Director, Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa.