Brazil''s International Activism - Roles of an Emerging Middle Power

In Brazil's International Activism Monika Sawicka questions how Brazil's deep-rooted craving for greatness has led to the quest for status in the 21st century and contends that the categorization of Brazil as an 'emerging middle power' enriches the understanding of modern Brazilian foreign policy.

List of contents

Introduction: Brazil on the World Stage: building coalitions of the Global South 1. Role theory capturing the quest for status 2. Status as a variable in foreign policy analysis 3. Brazil, the middle power longing for grandeza 4. Brazil: the reticent regional power 5. Solidarity diplomacy in Africa: Brazil’s fraternal gift or unfulfilled promise? 6. The improbable mediator 7. Brazil on the World Stage: building coalitions of the Global South 8. Conclusions Appendix

About the author

Monika Sawicka is an assistant professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Her research interests include Brazilian foreign policy, contemporary Brazil, development cooperation, international stratifications of states and constructivist research in international relations.

Summary

In Brazil’s International Activism Monika Sawicka questions how Brazil’s deep-rooted craving for greatness has led to the quest for status in the 21st century and contends that the categorization of Brazil as an ‘emerging middle power’ enriches the understanding of modern Brazilian foreign policy.

Product details

• Authors: Monika Sawicka
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9780367760694
• ISBN: 978-0-367-76069-4
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Role Theory and International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, International Relations