1st Edition
Brazil's International Activism Roles of an Emerging Middle Power
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
Biography
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.
"This book comes at the right time. With Lula da Silva's return to power Brazilian foreign policy will change fundamentally. During Lula's first two presidencies, Brazil had gained influence and status in international politics. The book provides a new analytical perspective on the foreign policy of Brazil, which is portrayed as an emerging middle power aspiring to a higher status. With empirical reference to the Brazilian case, the author offers a new and fresh look at the relationship between status and role(s) in international politics, two terms often used interchangeably in foreign policy analysis, especially in role theory."
Detlef Nolte, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg
“[The] book is engaging, and it provides an overview of Brazilian foreign policy in the twenty-first century as well as a theoretical framework rarely used in International Relations.”
Gisela Pereyra Doval, International Affairs
