Brazil on the Global Stage [electronic resource] : Power, Ideas, and the Liberal International Order /
Stuenkel, Oliver.editor.
Taylor, Matthew M.editor.
In the past generation, Brazil has risen to become the seventh largest economy and fourth largest democracy in the world. Yet its rise challenges the conventional wisdom that capitalist democracies will necessarily converge to become faithful adherents of a US-led global liberal order. Indeed, Brazil demonstrates that middle powers, even those of a deeply democratic bent, may differ in their views of what democracy means on the global stage and how international relations should be conducted among sovereign nations. This volume explores Brazil's postures on specific aspects of foreign relations, including trade, foreign and environmental policy, humanitarian intervention, nuclear proliferation and South-South relations, among other topics. The authors argue from a variety of perspectives that, even as Brazil seeks greater integration and recognition, it also brings challenges to the status quo that are emblematic of the tensions accompanying the rise to prominence of a number of middle powers in an increasingly multipolar world system.
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""Cover""; ""Brazil on the Global Stage""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures and Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword""; ""Chapter 1: Brazil on the Global Stage: Origins and Consequences of Brazil?s Challenge to the Global Liberal Order""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 2: The Rhetoric and Reality of Brazil?s Multilateralism""; ""Rising Powers and Multilateral Institutions""; ""Brazil?s Multilateral Record""; ""UN Security Council""; ""UN Human Rights Council""; ""World Trade Organization""; ""The Bretton Woods Institutions""; ""G20""; ""BRICS and IBSA""
""The Rhetoric of Brazilian Multilateralism""""Equity for the Developing World""; ""Emphasis on Noncoercive Means""; ""Accountability and Consistency""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 3: The Brazilian Liberal Tradition and the Global Liberal Order""; ""Liberalism within the Brazilian Political Tradition""; ""Development on the Periphery""; ""Foreign Policy Thought""; ""South?South Strategies""; ""Regional Politics and the Search for Autonomy""; ""Historical Beliefs and Contemporary Postures""; ""Notes""
""Chapter 4: The Risks of Pragmatism: Brazil?s Relations with the United States and the International Security Order""""A History of the US?Brazil Security Relationship""; ""1898?1945: The Era of a ?Special Relationship?""; ""1950s: Diverging Strategic Objectives and Visions""; ""1960s and 1970s: Growing Turbulence""; ""1980s: Democratic Transition and Fading Relevance""; ""1990?2002: New Post?Cold War Missions and Security Reforms in Brazil""; ""The 2000s: New Attention and Investment for Brazil?s Military""; ""Improving Bilateral Security Relations""
""Implications for Brazil?s Relations with the International Security Order""""Brazil?s Alternatives for Coalitions and Partnerships""; ""The Risk of a Regional Security Crisis""; ""Conclusion: What Does Brazil Really Want from Its Armed Forces?""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 5: For Liberalism without Hegemony: Brazil and the Rule of Non-Intervention""; ""Global Liberalism and the Question of Intervention""; ""Brazil and the Rule of Non-Intervention: A Brief History""; ""Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""
""Chapter 6: Brazil?s Ambivalent Challenge to Global Environmental Norms""""Liberal Environmental Norms: From Sustainable Development toward the Green Economy""; ""Brazil?s Contradictory Global Environmental Politics""; ""New People and Spaces of Environmental Governance""; ""Tensions between Industry and the Environment""; ""Deforestation and Climate Change""; ""The Belo Monte Hydroelectric Project""; ""Brazil?s Environmental Ambivalence""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 7: Brazil and the Global Nuclear Order""; ""Past Matters""; ""Brazil?s Nuclear Policy: Key Elements for the Global Nuclear Order""
""Nuclear-Powered Submarine Program""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the past generation, Brazil has risen to become the seventh largest economy and fourth largest democracy in the world. Yet its rise challenges the conventional wisdom that capitalist democracies will necessarily converge to become faithful adherents of a US-led global liberal order. Indeed, Brazil demonstrates that middle powers, even those of a deeply democratic bent, may differ in their views of what democracy means on the global stage and how international relations should be conducted among sovereign nations. This volume explores Brazil's postures on specific aspects of foreign relations, including trade, foreign and environmental policy, humanitarian intervention, nuclear proliferation and South-South relations, among other topics. The authors argue from a variety of perspectives that, even as Brazil seeks greater integration and recognition, it also brings challenges to the status quo that are emblematic of the tensions accompanying the rise to prominence of a number of middle powers in an increasingly multipolar world system.
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