03117nam 22005654a 450 991081020750332120240410153553.00-8157-9854-7(CKB)111087027970378(OCoLC)614740608(CaPaEBR)ebrary10026258(SSID)ssj0000114461(PQKBManifestationID)11142179(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114461(PQKBWorkID)10124819(PQKB)11693895(OCoLC)1132222418(MdBmJHUP)muse73700(Au-PeEL)EBL3004326(CaPaEBR)ebr10026258(OCoLC)53482615(MiAaPQ)EBC3004326(EXLCZ)9911108702797037820010125d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBrazil's second chance[electronic resource] en route toward the first world /Lincoln Gordon1. ed.Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20011 online resource (261 p.) "A Century Foundation book."0-8157-0032-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Foreword -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- The Goal: Genuine First World Status -- The First Chance: What Went Wrong? -- Structural Change under the Military Republic -- The Incomplete Transformation: Economic Structures -- The Social Dimension -- The Political Structure -- From Debt and Drift to Real-and Stability? -- Brazil and the World -- The Prospects -- Index -- Back Cover.Brazil is currently in a critical phase of a decades-long transformation from a patrimonial society--based on the cultivation and export of sugar and coffee--to a modernized industrial and service economy with effective democratic governance. It is the world's fifth largest nation-state in area and population, and ranks eighth in total economic output. Since World War II, Brazil has been a leader in international trade governance and negotiation, playing an important part in development of the GATT and the WTO. Currently, the country is a major factor in negotiations toward a hemispherewide Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). However, Brazil's political record in the past half century has been erratic and it has struggled with high inflation and balance-of-payment deficits. In this major new work, a former American ambassador to Brazil examines the social, political, and economic history of the country since the 1930s and discusses whether Brazil is now ready to assume a place as an important participant among First World nations.BrazilHistory1954-1964BrazilHistory1964-1985BrazilHistory1985-981.06Gordon Lincoln123249MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810207503321Brazil's second chance3931670UNINA