Overview
Offers an assessment of Brazil’s engagement with Antarctica and the South Atlantic region
Evaluates the role of developing countries in climate change and the global environment turn
Explains the origins of Brazil’s geopolitical politics and thinking
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About this book
This book focuses on the connection between Brazil and Antarctica, two regions that can be seen as distant and contrasting, but are physically, culturally and politically associated. Relying on archival material and previous literature, the book offers a thorough account of Brazil’s involvement with one of the most significant regions in the global environment. The author explores the place of Antarctica in geopolitical works and in the first initiatives involving Brazil and the continent, from the rise of geopolitical thought in Brazil in the 1930s up to the present day. He argues that the connection between Brazil and Antarctica is not without its difficulties, but it has been structured in many enduring ways. The book covers causes for the delay and eventual adoption of a now active foreign policy regarding the region, the policy’s early performance in Antarctica, its evolution as a consequence of domestic and international changes, the increasing interest in the environment, and further recent developments.
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About the author
Ignacio Javier Cardone is a researcher at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He has published works on the Antarctic Treaty, the Brazilian Policy for Antarctica, and the Latin American involvement in the region, amongst others.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Antarctic Politics of Brazil
Book Subtitle: Where the Tropic meets the Pole
Authors: Ignacio Javier Cardone
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80161-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80160-1Published: 21 September 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80163-2Published: 22 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-80161-8Published: 20 September 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 259
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Science, Foreign Policy, Geography, general, Development Studies, Military and Defence Studies