Globalization and Recent Political Transitions in Brazil

Abstract

This article discusses political transitions in Brazil in the context of globalization. It focuses on the political legacies that offered resistance to external processes and on the emergence of “new checks and balances” that constituted the relevant conditions for processes of political decision-making from the 1980s to 2002. It also shows that the management of economic policies, combined with the broader political process, was an important dimension of these political transitions. The article concludes by emphasizing the challenges that exist in the treatment of social issues and the connections between the domestic and the international agendas.

O programa piloto para proteção das florestas tropicais do Brasil (PPG-7) e a globalização da Amazônia

“…Numa segunda fase, , marcada pela orientação nacional impulsionada particularmente por Getulio Vargas ("A Marcha para Oeste") e Juscelino Kubitchek ("Cinquenta Anos em Cinco"), e, em seguida pelo regime militar, a Amazônia se encontra totalmente envolvida na impulsão desenvolvimentista (CASTRO; CARVALHO, 2003;FONSECA, 2005) característica do Brasil durante esse período. A região amazônica começa a ser objeto de um planejamento regional que encontra a própria consagração na constituição do 1946, com o Programa de Desenvolvimento da Amazônia.…”

Between Subimperialism and Globalization

“…For example, Lula has proposed a tax on arms trading to finance hunger relief programs worldwide. Brazilian scholars (Soares de Lima, 2005;Faro de Castro and Valladão de Carvalho, 2003) highlight the differences between his foreign policy orientation and that of his predecessor, Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002). Cardoso's foreign policy emphasized globalization as the linchpin of economic development and the need to engage with multilateral institutions to govern its progress.…”