Brazil Africa Relations

Author : Mathias Alencastro,Pedro Seabra
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030557201

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Brazil-Africa Relations in the 21st Century by Mathias Alencastro,Pedro Seabra Pdf

This is one of the first books to analyse the full cycle of rise and fall of Brazil's foreign policy towards Africa in the beginning of the 21st century. During his government, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010) made the drive towards Africa one of the cornerstones of Brazilian diplomacy and cooperation. In a bid to build strategic trading partnerships with African counterparts, Lula’s government committed itself to an ambitious program centred on provisions in loans and credits as well as the exponential growth of its South-South cooperation. After Lula, however, this drive towards Africa started to decline and finally collapsed in face of political meltdown in Brazil and the proliferation of controversial judicial investigations that directly involved political leaders at the centre of most initiatives undertook in the 2000s. The rise and fall of Brazil-Africa relations has provoked much discussion in policy-making, as well as scholarly research. This book seeks to provide valuable resources to the study of this process by presenting empirically based and updated analysis from different perspectives, such as: The diplomatic tradition of Brazil-Africa relations The role played by Brazilian big private companies in Africa Brazilian health cooperation with African countries The participation of civil society in Brazil-Africa relations Brazil-Africa trade relations Military cooperation between Brazil and Africa Brazil’s drive to Africa left a durable mark, whose implications are yet to be understood. What were its main successes and failures? And what does the dramatic change of events, with Brazil moving from a pivotal player to an almost invisible one in merely half a decade, tell us about South-South cooperation? These are some of the questions that Brazil-Africa Relations in the 21st Century – From Surge to Downturn and Beyond intends to answer in order to provide a useful resource for Political Science and International Relations scholars interested in the study of South-South relations, as well as for policy makers interested in understanding the changing dynamics of International Relations in the wake of the 21st century.

Author : Gerhard Seibert,Paulo Fagundes Visentini
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847011954

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Brazil-Africa Relations by Gerhard Seibert,Paulo Fagundes Visentini Pdf

Fills an important gap in the study of Africa's international relations and its engagement with rising economies in the Global South.

Author : Mathias Alencastro,Pedro Seabra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030557219

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Brazil-Africa Relations in the 21st Century by Mathias Alencastro,Pedro Seabra Pdf

This is the first book to analyse the full cycle of rise and fall of Brazil's foreign policy towards Africa in the beginning of the 21st century. During his government, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010) made the drive towards Africa one of the cornerstones of Brazilian diplomacy and cooperation. In a bid to build strategic trading partnerships with African counterparts, Lula's government committed itself to an ambitious program centred on provisions in loans and credits as well as the exponential growth of its South-South cooperation. After Lula, however, this drive towards Africa started to decline and finally collapsed in face of political meltdown in Brazil and the proliferation of controversial judicial investigations that directly involved political leaders at the centre of most initiatives undertook in the 2000s. The rise and fall of Brazil-Africa relations has provoked much discussion in policy-making, as well as scholarly research. This book seeks to provide valuable resources to the study of this process by presenting empirically based and updated analysis from different perspectives, such as: The diplomatic tradition of Brazil-Africa relations The role played by Brazilian big private companies in Africa Brazilian health cooperation with African countries The participation of civil society in Brazil-Africa relations Brazil-Africa trade relations Military cooperation between Brazil and Africa Brazil's drive to Africa left a durable mark, whose implications are yet to be understood. What were its main successes and failures? And what does the dramatic change of events, with Brazil moving from a pivotal player to an almost invisible one in merely half a decade, tell us about South-South cooperation? These are some of the questions that Brazil-Africa Relations in the 21st Century - From Surge to Downturn and Beyond intends to answer in order to provide a useful resource for Political Science and International Relations scholars interested in the study of South-South relations, as well as for policy makers interested in understanding the changing dynamics of International Relations in the wake of the 21st century.

Author : C. Stolte
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137499578

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Brazil’s Africa Strategy by C. Stolte Pdf

The book analyzes Brazil's Africa engagement as a rising power's strategy to gain global recognition, linking it to Brazil's broader foreign policy objectives and shedding light on the mechanisms of Brazilian status-seeking in Africa.

Author : José Honório Rodrigues
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015014740495

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Brazil and Africa by José Honório Rodrigues Pdf

Assessment of international relations between Brazil and Africa - comprises two parts, (1) covering the historical background (1500-1960) of afro-brazilian relations and the interaction of racial and cultural factors, and (2) dealing with the current situation and its political aspects and with relations with the UN, the EC, the EFTA and the GATT, and including suggestions in regard to foreign policy factors of government policy. 204 references.

Author : Marcus Vinicius de Freitas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1396854282

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Brazil and Africa: Historic Relations and Future Opportunities by Marcus Vinicius de Freitas Pdf

Author : Dawn Nagar,Charles Mutasa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319625904

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Africa and the World by Dawn Nagar,Charles Mutasa Pdf

This book probes key issues pertaining to Africa’s relations with global actors. It provides a comprehensive trajectory of Africa’s relations with key bilateral and major multilateral actors, assessing how the Cold War affected the African state systems’ political policies, its economies, and its security. Taken together, the essays in this volume provide a collective understanding of Africa’s drive to improve the capacity of its state of global affairs, and assess whether it is in fact able to do so.

Author : Samuel W. Bodman,Julia Sweig,James D. Wolfensohn
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780876095041

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Global Brazil and U.S.-Brazil Relations by Samuel W. Bodman,Julia Sweig,James D. Wolfensohn Pdf

July 12, 2011-Over the course of a generation, Brazil has emerged as both a driver of growth in South America and as an active force in world politics. A new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)-sponsored Independent Task Force report asserts "that it is in the interest of the United States to understand Brazil as a complex international actor whose influence on the defining global issues of the day is only likely to increase."Brazil currently ranks as the world's fifth-largest landmass, fifth-largest population, and expects to soon be ranked the fifth largest economy. The report, Global Brazil and U.S.-Brazil Relations, recommends that "U.S. policymakers recognize Brazil's standing as a global actor, treat its emergence as an opportunity for the United States, and work with Brazil to develop complementary policies."The Task Force is chaired by former secretary of energy Samuel W. Bodman and former president of the World Bank James D. Wolfensohn, and directed by CFR Senior Fellow and Director for Latin America Studies, and Director of the Global Brazil Initiative Julia E. Sweig.Recognizing Brazil's global role, the report recommends that the Obama administration now fully endorse the country's bid for a seat as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). It argues that "a formal endorsement from the United States for Brazil would go far to overcome lingering suspicion within the Brazilian government that the U.S. commitment to a mature relationship between equals is largely rhetorical."Domestically, Brazil's "inclusive growth has translated into a significant reduction of inequality, an expansion of the middle class, and a vibrant economy, all framed within a democratic context." Consequently, Brazil has been able to use its economic bona fides to leverage a stronger position in the international, commercial, and diplomatic arena.The report stresses the importance of regular communication between the presidents of both countries. "Cooperation between the United States and Brazil holds too much promise for miscommunication or inevitable disagreements to stand in the way of potential gains." A mature, working relationship means that "the United States and Brazil can help each other advance mutual interests even without wholesale policy agreements between the two," notes the report.The Task Force further recommends that- the U.S. Congress "include an elimination of the ethanol tariff in any bill regarding reform to the ethanol and biofuel tax credit regime."- the United States "take the first step to waive visa requirements for Brazilians by immediately reviewing Brazil's criteria for participation in the Visa Waiver Program."- the U.S. State Department create an Office for Brazilian Affairs and the National Security Council (NSC) centralize its efforts under a NSC director for Brazil in order to better coordinate the current decentralized U.S. policy.The bipartisan Task Force includes thirty distinguished experts on Brazil who represent a range of perspectives and backgrounds. The report includes a number of additional views by Task Force members, including one that notes, "We believe that a more gradual approach [regarding Brazil's inclusion as a full UNSC member] would likely have more success in navigating the diplomatic complexities presented by U.S. support for Brazil." Another view asserts, "If the United States supports, as the Obama administration has said it does, leadership structures in international institutions that are more reflective of international realities, it must support without qualifications Brazil's candidacy [for the UNSC]."

Author : Toni Haastrup,Luís Mah,Niall Duggan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351693288

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The Routledge Handbook of EU-Africa Relations by Toni Haastrup,Luís Mah,Niall Duggan Pdf

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the changing dynamics in the relationship between the African continent and the EU, provided by leading experts in the field. Structured into five parts, the handbook provides an incisive look at the past, present and potential futures of EU-Africa relations. The cutting-edge chapters cover themes like multilateralism, development assistance, institutions, gender equality and science and technology, among others. Thoroughly researched, this book provides original reflections from a diversity of conceptual and theoretical perspectives, from experts in Africa, Europe and beyond. The handbook thus offers rich and comprehensive analyses of contemporary global politics as manifested in Africa and Europe. The Routledge Handbook of EU-Africa Relations will be an essential reference for scholars, students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners interested and working in a range of fields within the (sub)disciplines of African and EU studies, European politics and international studies. The Routledge Handbook of EU-Africa Relations is part of the mini-series Europe in the World Handbooks examining EU-regional relations and established by Professor Wei Shen.

Author : Jose Honorio Rodrigues
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-27
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780520320529

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Brazil and Africa by Jose Honorio Rodrigues Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

Author : Lawrence Francis Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X000185064

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Diplomatic Relations Between the United States and Brazil by Lawrence Francis Hill Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264044814

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Globalisation and Emerging Economies Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa by OECD Pdf

This book analyses key elements of the trade performance of the so-called BRIICS: Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa, in relation to the rest of the world, focusing on trade and other policies influencing that performance. It also presents a separate chapter for each country.

Author : Susanne Ress
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781350045477

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Internationalization of Higher Education for Development by Susanne Ress Pdf

Illuminating thus far understudied international relations in global higher education, the book titled Internationalization of Higher Education for Development illustrates how the Brazilian government, under the presidency of Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010), legitimized Africa-Brazil relations often referring to the presumably shared history of transatlantic slavery as the condition for solidarity cooperation and international integration. Ress reveals how this notion of history produces a vision of Brazil as a multicultural nation able to redress longstanding racialized inequalities while casting 'Africa' as the continent that remains forever in the past. She explores how this ambiguous notion was translated into curricula and classroom practices, and, in particular how it shaped international students' experiences at a newly-created university in the Northeast of Brazil. Ress demonstrates how the historicized framing in conjunction with the powerfully racialized class structures that characterize Brazilian society, the challenging material conditions surrounding the university, and the future aspirations of students created an environment that made solidarity an economic necessity while repeating the century-old colonial gesture of othering 'Africa' in new yet all too familiar ways – reworking and reemploying the idea of race in the name of Brazil's progress and development. This book showcases in an innovative way the challenges and opportunities of building international relations in postcolonial education contexts. A much-needed advances over current scholarship analysing race, blackness, and solidarity, it offers a timely contribution to postfoundational and postcolonial studies in comparative and international education.

Author : Jerry Dávila
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822393443

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Hotel Trópico by Jerry Dávila Pdf

In the wake of African decolonization, Brazil attempted to forge connections with newly independent countries. In the early 1960s it launched an effort to establish diplomatic ties with Africa; in the 1970s it undertook trade campaigns to open African markets to Brazilian technology. Hotel Trópico reveals the perceptions, particularly regarding race, of the diplomats and intellectuals who traveled to Africa on Brazil’s behalf. Jerry Dávila analyzes how their actions were shaped by ideas of Brazil as an emerging world power, ready to expand its sphere of influence; of Africa as the natural place to assert that influence, given its historical slave-trade ties to Brazil; and of twentieth-century Brazil as a “racial democracy,” a uniquely harmonious mix of races and cultures. While the experiences of Brazilian policymakers and diplomats in Africa reflected the logic of racial democracy, they also exposed ruptures in this interpretation of Brazilian identity. Did Brazil share a “lusotropical” identity with Portugal and its African colonies, so that it was bound to support Portuguese colonialism at the expense of Brazil’s ties with African nations? Or was Brazil a country of “Africans of every color,” compelled to support decolonization in its role as a natural leader in the South Atlantic? Drawing on interviews with retired Brazilian diplomats and intellectuals, Dávila shows the Brazilian belief in racial democracy to be about not only race but also Portuguese ethnicity.

Author : Chichava ALDEN,Chris Alden,SERGIO. ALVES CHICHAVA (ANA CRISTINA.),Ana Cristina Alves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1431425192

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Mozambique and Brazil by Chichava ALDEN,Chris Alden,SERGIO. ALVES CHICHAVA (ANA CRISTINA.),Ana Cristina Alves Pdf

Forged in 1975, the relationship between Brazil and Mozambique has sparked debate in the international relations arena, especially with the ProSavana project that showed massive corruption in both countries. Brazil and Mozambique: Forging New Partnerships or Developing Dependency? examines the degree to which these relations complement or diverge from Brazil's interactions with other African countries. It argues that, although influenced by the context and conjuncture of each country, these interactions have followed the same logic and trends. Two-way trade is surging and at the same time the range of reactions to Brazil's economic involvement across Africa has varied from enthusiastic embrace by elites to caution from businesses, trade unions and civil society, and even hostility from some local communities. It ends with a look at the future of the relationship, especially in the light of the dramatic political changes within Brazil and the equally disruptive economic challenges it faces, alongside the problems experienced recently in Mozambique.