ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to bring together the disparate ideas by tracing the interplay of new theories and new worlds in the recent history of each of the original BRIC states. These accounts intend to show how transnational theories about governance have permeated borders and come to be implemented domestically by states; but also how they are reinterpreted and applied in particular national circumstances. Attitudes to governance forged by interaction with broader global actors and trends as well as more internal processes particular to the history and culture of the state in question. National spaces are of enduring importance in understanding the practice of governance. Cultural, political, social, and technical differences are evident between these states when it comes to the operation of governance and these can be traced to the different historical experiences of these communities.
