Democracy postponed: a political economy of Brazil’s oligarchic foreign policy
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Burges, Sean
Daudelin, Jean
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Abstract
This
chapter
examines
the
ebbs
and
flows
of
pressure
to
democratize
Brazil’s
foreign
policy
and
their
implications
for
Brazil’s
Ministry
of
Foreign
Affairs,
Itamaraty,
which
claims
a
monopoly
over
the
formulation
and
practice
of
the
country’s
diplomacy.
We
hold
distinct
the
questions
of
the
democratic
character
of
Brazilian
foreign
policy
and
the
extent
to
which
it
is
monopolized
by
Itamaraty
(Lopes,
2013).
Just
as
a
state’s
monopoly
over
the
means
of
violence
tells
us
little
about
a
country’s
democratic
nature,
the
monopolization
of
diplomacy
by
a
foreign
ministry
provides
scant
insight
into
the
character
of
a
country’s
foreign
policy.
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http://www.lac.ox.ac.uk/democratic-brazil-ascendant