O papel do BRICS para a ascensão chinesa na economia-mundo capitalista: o consenso internacional como elemento necessário à hegemonia

Abstract

This research investigates how BRICS can accommodate Chinese interests in the capitalist world-economy at a time of declining United States power, considering that China has achieved significant economic development in the international arena. Therefore, the objective is to investigate how BRICS can contribute to China becoming the hegemon in the next Systemic Cycle of Accumulation. A content analysis will be conducted on the BRICS Summit Declarations, the Five-Year Plans and the Reports to the National Congress of the Communist Party of China released since 2011, the year of the first official meeting with the five BRICS members and the year the first Five-Year Plan was launched after the creation of BRICS. The hypothesis is that through BRICS China can form international consensus, an element necessary for hegemony. This is because the group is aligned with China's foreign policy of expansion and influence and promotes China as a developing country concerned with the periphery that is acquiring a more active role in the international arena. It is possible to assert that China has been seeking to provide international public goods through BRICS. These public goods include international peace and security, global economic stability, environmental protection and infrastructure. China and BRICS seek to reform global governance to meet their needs and create an environment propitious to capital accumulation by promoting financial reforms, building international institutions and discussing security and sovereignty issues.