“This is an exemplary comparative volume on two of the 21st century’s most important countries: Brazil and China. Chapter authors meticulously overturn the ill-informed Western narrative that policy transfer, by design, originates in the West. In case after case, this volume highlights how China and Brazil’s financial, social, education, and infrastructure policies along with their aid and foreign policies originate policies which transfer beyond their region and to the rest of the world.” (Kim Moloney, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University)

“The book organized by Osmany Porto de Oliveira and Giulia C. Romano not only offers innovative frameworks to understand policy transfer from the perspective of the South, it also illuminates the reader with diverse understandings of the politics that underpins the challenges of policy transfer from different countries such as Brazil and China to other developing nations.” (Carlos R. S. Milani, Institute for Social and Political Studies, Rio de Janeiro State University)

“This exciting new book brings together an impressive array of internationally recognised scholars to address the growing influence of Brazil and China in the international arena.  What sets this text apart from others interested in BRICS is its focus on the way China and Brazil have used soft power, through horizontal and vertical policy transfer, to bring about change.  The chapters neatly develop the picture of two nations using transfer to actively alter (in conjunction with importing individuals, institutions and systems) the paradigms and policies that dominated the global discourses (particularly in relation to a number of African nations) over the course of 20th century. Anyone interested in policy transfer, lesson drawing and how these processes are operating outside of the Global North should read this text.” (David P. Dolowitz, Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool)

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