Editorial Introduction: The Cases of India, South Africa, and Brazil. Issue 1 (1st December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nijhuis, Harry G. J.; van der Maesen, Laurent J.G.
• Is Part Of: International journal of social quality. Volume 11:Issue 1/2(2021)
• Page Start: 59
• Page End: 62
• Publication Date: 2021-12-01
• Subjects: Social policy -- Periodicals; 361.6105
• DOI: 10.3167/IJSQ.2021.11010205
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-0352

Abstract

Abstract : In this introduction, the cases of India, South Africa, and Brazil are connected. The contributions from these countries, in different ways, discuss the dramatic moral impacts of government approaches to the pandemic. The three countries are part of the BRICS platform, in which Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa participate. With 40 percent of the world's population, the BRICS platform concerns a substantial part of the world. The principles of the platform and its mutual "economic, political, cultural an environmental philosophy" are summarized by Marco Ricceri (2019) . The members support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), and they will contribute to the quality of global development. At the 13th BRICS Summit in September 2021, the New Delhi Declaration was presented (BRICS 2021). This declaration conveys a thorough normative mission statement. It therefore renders an interesting common frame of reference from which to analyze and judge the contributions from the three countries, as well as from China and Russia.