I. INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW
II. DIFFERING STRATEGIC INTERPRETATIONS ON AND WITHIN THE BRICS
III. VARYING MOTIVATIONS AND OVERLAPING CONFIGURATIONS
IV. INTERVENTIONS AND INFLUENCES FROM THE HEGEMONIC POWER
TO COUNTER AND CONTAIN THE BRICS
V. PRACTICAL AND TACTICAL APPROACHES TOWARDS THE
BRICS BY 'LESSER' DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
VI. THE MAIN EFFECTS OF BRICS ACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES 'ON THE GROUND'
IN OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
VII. WHAT CAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS DO OR ACHIEVE
WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE BRICS COUNTRIES?
VIII. THE ROLE OF THE BRICS FROM THE SPECIFIC PERSPECTIVE
OF SOUTH AFRICA AND AFRICA?
IX. WHAT SHOULD ALL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS BE PROPOSING TO-
OR DEMANDING OF- THE BRICS GOVERNMENTS AS A GROUP?
X. KEY GEO- STRATEGIC, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES

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