Brazil's second chance : en route toward the first world / Lincoln Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Lincoln.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brazil--History--1954-1964.

Brazil.

Brazil--History--1964-1985.

Brazil--History--1985-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1. ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brazil is currently in a critical phase of a decades-long transformation from a patrimonial society--based on the cultivation and export of sugar and coffee--to a modernized industrial and service economy with effective democratic governance. It is the world's fifth largest nation-state in area and population, and ranks eighth in total economic output. Since World War II, Brazil has been a leader in international trade governance and negotiation, playing an important part in development of the GATT and the WTO. Currently, the country is a major factor in negotiations toward a hemispherewide Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). However, Brazil's political record in the past half century has been erratic and it has struggled with high inflation and balance-of-payment deficits. In this major new work, a former American ambassador to Brazil examines the social, political, and economic history of the country since the 1930s and discusses whether Brazil is now ready to assume a place as an important participant among First World nations.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright Information

Foreword

Preface

Table of Contents

The Goal: Genuine First World Status

The First Chance: What Went Wrong?

Structural Change under the Military Republic

The Incomplete Transformation: Economic Structures

The Social Dimension

The Political Structure

From Debt and Drift to Real-and Stability?

Brazil and the World

The Prospects

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

"A Century Foundation book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815798545

0815798547

OCLC:

614740608