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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794889603321

Autore

Mares David R.

Titolo

Aspirational power : Brazil on the long road to global influence / / David R. Mares, Harold A. Trinkunas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8157-2797-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 pages)

Collana

Geopolitics in the 21st Century.

Disciplina

327.81

Soggetti

Globalization - Political aspects - Brazil

Great powers - Philosophy

International relations - Philosophy

Brazil Foreign relations

Brazil Relations

Brazil Foreign economic relations

Brazil Foreign public opinion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Brazil, the Emerging Powers, and the Future of the International Order -- Interpreting Brazil's Attempts to Emerge in Historical Perspective -- Selling Brazil's Rise : Brazilian Foreign Policy from Cardoso to Rousseff -- Brazil, Order-Making and International Security -- Brazil and the Multilateral Structure of Economic Globalization -- Brazil and the Global Commons -- Emergence : Why Brazil Falls Short and What It Might Do Differently.

Sommario/riassunto

"As the largest country in South America by land mass and population, Brazil has been marked since its independence by a belief that it has a potential to be more than merely a very large country. Set apart from the rest of the hemisphere by culture, language and history, Brazil has also been viewed by its neighbors as a potential great power, and at times, a threat. But even though domestic aspirations and foreign perceptions have held out the prospect for Brazil becoming a major power, the country has lacked the capabilities--particularly on the



military and economic dimensions--to pursue a traditional path to greatness. Aspirational Power examines Brazil as a rising power. It explains Brazil's predilection for soft power through a historical analysis of Brazil's three previous attempts to achieve major power status, each of which shaped its present strategy. Though Brazil's efforts to rise have fallen short it will continue to try to overcome the obstacles to its rise, whether those obstacles are domestic or international"--