The New Brazil
Regional Imperialism and the New Democracy
Published on 31. October 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
362 pages
978-1-84935-168-3 (ISBN)
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Meet the new boss. A guide to shifting political and economic forces in an emerging world power.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
468 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84935-168-3 (9781849351683)
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Regional Imperialism and the New Democracy
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Persons
Raúl Zibechi: Raúl Zibechi is an international analyst for Brecha, a weekly journal in Montevideo, Uruguay, professor and researcher on social movements at the Multiversidad Franciscana de América Latina, and adviser to social groups. He is a monthly contributor to the Americas Policy Program and author of Genealogía de la Revuelta and La Mirada Horizontal. His first book-length work in English, Dispersing Power, was published by AK Press in 2010.
Ramor Ryan: Ramor Ryan is an Irish writer and translator based in Chiapas, Mexico, and the author of Zapatista Spring: Anatomy of a Rebel Water Project & the Lessons of International Solidarity (AK Press, 2011). His book Clandestines: The Pirate Journals of an Irish Exile was published by AK Press in 2006.
Ramor Ryan: Ramor Ryan is an Irish writer and translator based in Chiapas, Mexico, and the author of Zapatista Spring: Anatomy of a Rebel Water Project & the Lessons of International Solidarity (AK Press, 2011). His book Clandestines: The Pirate Journals of an Irish Exile was published by AK Press in 2006.
Content
Table of contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Return of Sub-imperialism
The political climate in Brazil during the 1970s
Marini and the theory of sub-imperialism
Chapter 2 - The Widening of the Elite in Power
The trajectory of the labor unions
Unionists in state positions
The role of pension funds
A new class, or union capitalism?
Chapter 3 - The Construction of a Strategy
A history of plans and planning
Brazil in three epochs: the country's Centenary
Centennial goals
Who's who in the strategic plan
Chapter 4 - From the Strategy of Resistance to the Strategy of National Defense
The national defense strategy
A new military-industrial complex
Behind the nuclear weapon
Chapter 5 - The Reorganization of Brazilian Capitalism
The reorganization begins
Petrobras, the crown jewel
Petrobras and the export of ethanol
Infrastructure and energy investment
State and capital
Chapter 6 - Brazilian Multinationals in Latin America
The internationalization of Brazilian companies
Foreign investment in Brazil
Green-Yellow Entrepreneurs
Chapter 7 - The New Conquest of the Amazon
Hydroelectric dams in the Amazon
IIRSA: Integration by means of the markets
Winners and losers
Chapter 8 - Relations with Peripheral Countries
Paraguay, the weakest neighbor
Bolivia, gas and soybeans
Ecuador standing against Brazilian companies
The 'strategic alliances': Argentina and Venezuela
Is Brazil creating its own 'backyard'?
Chapter 9 - Towards a New Center and New Peripheries
Neither guardian nor dependent
Ongoing debates
A wide-open scenario
Chapter 10 - The Anti-Systemic Movement within 'Brazil Power'
Stagnation and decline of the movements of struggle
The "without": reconfiguration and change
Appendix 1: Acronyms
Appendix 2: Major political parties in Brazil
Appendix 3: Top corporations
Map Index
Bibliography page 378, ends
Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Return of Sub-imperialism
The political climate in Brazil during the 1970s
Marini and the theory of sub-imperialism
Chapter 2 - The Widening of the Elite in Power
The trajectory of the labor unions
Unionists in state positions
The role of pension funds
A new class, or union capitalism?
Chapter 3 - The Construction of a Strategy
A history of plans and planning
Brazil in three epochs: the country's Centenary
Centennial goals
Who's who in the strategic plan
Chapter 4 - From the Strategy of Resistance to the Strategy of National Defense
The national defense strategy
A new military-industrial complex
Behind the nuclear weapon
Chapter 5 - The Reorganization of Brazilian Capitalism
The reorganization begins
Petrobras, the crown jewel
Petrobras and the export of ethanol
Infrastructure and energy investment
State and capital
Chapter 6 - Brazilian Multinationals in Latin America
The internationalization of Brazilian companies
Foreign investment in Brazil
Green-Yellow Entrepreneurs
Chapter 7 - The New Conquest of the Amazon
Hydroelectric dams in the Amazon
IIRSA: Integration by means of the markets
Winners and losers
Chapter 8 - Relations with Peripheral Countries
Paraguay, the weakest neighbor
Bolivia, gas and soybeans
Ecuador standing against Brazilian companies
The 'strategic alliances': Argentina and Venezuela
Is Brazil creating its own 'backyard'?
Chapter 9 - Towards a New Center and New Peripheries
Neither guardian nor dependent
Ongoing debates
A wide-open scenario
Chapter 10 - The Anti-Systemic Movement within 'Brazil Power'
Stagnation and decline of the movements of struggle
The "without": reconfiguration and change
Appendix 1: Acronyms
Appendix 2: Major political parties in Brazil
Appendix 3: Top corporations
Map Index
Bibliography page 378, ends