LEADER 03117nam 22005654a 450 001 9910810207503321 005 20240410153553.0 010 $a0-8157-9854-7 035 $a(CKB)111087027970378 035 $a(OCoLC)614740608 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10026258 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000114461 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142179 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114461 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10124819 035 $a(PQKB)11693895 035 $a(OCoLC)1132222418 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse73700 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3004326 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10026258 035 $a(OCoLC)53482615 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3004326 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027970378 100 $a20010125d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBrazil's second chance$b[electronic resource] $een route toward the first world /$fLincoln Gordon 205 $a1. ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (261 p.) 300 $a"A Century Foundation book." 311 $a0-8157-0032-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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. 330 $aBrazil 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. 607 $aBrazil$xHistory$y1954-1964 607 $aBrazil$xHistory$y1964-1985 607 $aBrazil$xHistory$y1985- 676 $a981.06 700 $aGordon$b Lincoln$0123249 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810207503321 996 $aBrazil's second chance$93931670 997 $aUNINA