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The Antarctic Politics of Brazil

Where the Tropic meets the Pole

Palgrave Macmillan
  • 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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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Prelude to a Brazilian Antarctic Policy

    • Ignacio Javier Cardone
    Pages 27-75
  3. When the Tropic Met the Pole

    • Ignacio Javier Cardone
    Pages 77-136
  4. The Rise of the Newcomers

    • Ignacio Javier Cardone
    Pages 137-175
  5. Science and Environment at the Central Stage

    • Ignacio Javier Cardone
    Pages 177-227
  6. Conclusions

    • Ignacio Javier Cardone
    Pages 229-242
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 243-259

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.

Reviews

“Cardone’s timely and important book analyzes the history of Brazil’s engagement with Antarctica to the present. This is a story that will interest scholars of Antarctic history and politics, but also those interested in Brazil’s place within both Latin America and the world.” (Peder Roberts, Associate Professor of Modern History, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Ignacio Javier Cardone

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.


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eBook USD 119.00
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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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