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Status and the Rise of Brazil

Global Ambitions, Humanitarian Engagement and International Challenges

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Address how Brazil’s international ambitions can be understood in the light of shifting domestic contexts

  • Explores Brazil’s investment in different types of foreign aid, from development aid to assistance in humanitarian emergencies

  • Considers Brazil’s view and approach to foreign aid, humanitarian assistance and international peacekeeping operations

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Introduction: Brazil’s Humanitarian Engagement and International Status

    • Benjamin de Carvalho, Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert, Paulo Esteves
    Pages 1-15
  3. Brazil and the Search for International Status

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. Brazil’s (Frustrated) Quest for Higher Status

      • Benjamin de Carvalho
      Pages 19-30
    3. Brazil’s Status Struggles: Why Nice Guys Finish Last

      • Paul Beaumont, Pål Røren
      Pages 31-48
  4. Brazil’s Foreign Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
    2. A Tragedy of Middle Power Politics: Traps in Brazil’s Quest for Institutional Revisionism

      • Dawisson Belém Lopes, Guilherme Casarões, Carlos Frederico Gama
      Pages 51-69
  5. Brazil and the Security Agenda

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
    2. Climbing the Ladder: Brazil and the International Security Field

      • Paulo Esteves, Mônica Herz
      Pages 113-131
    3. Peace Operations, Intervention and Brazilian Foreign Policy: Key Issues and Debates

      • Kai Michael Kenkel, Danilo Marcondes de Souza Neto, Mikelli Marzzini Lucas Alves Ribeiro
      Pages 133-151
  6. Brazil and Development Cooperation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
    2. The Sources of Moral Authority: Policy Networks and Structuring South-South Cooperation

      • Paulo Esteves, Geovana Zoccal, João Fonseca
      Pages 195-214
    3. Conclusion

      • Paulo Esteves, Benjamin de Carvalho, Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert
      Pages 215-226

About this book

This book explores the evolution of Brazilian foreign relations in the last fifteen years, with a focus on continuities and change. The volume tackles three sets of themes: diplomacy and diplomatic culture, international security and international development cooperation. Central to these themes is how they all relate to Brazil’s international status, and its quest for higher standing. The authors draw on a wide variety of methodologies to grapple with the subject matter, from diplomatic history to international sociology and postcolonial studies. The result is a combination of different approaches that seek to account for the foreign relations of Brazil.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Paulo Esteves

  • Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Oslo, Norway

    Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert

  • Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Oslo, Norway

    Benjamin de Carvalho

About the editors

Paulo Esteves is Associate Professor in the Institute of International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert is Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway, where she is Research Director of the Dimensions of Security Department.

Benjamin de Carvalho is Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) in Oslo, Norway. 



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