1. The Evolving Role of Brazil in the Global Politics of Climate, 1996-2008.
- Author
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Viola, Eduardo
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INTERNATIONAL relations , *CLIMATE change , *POLITICAL science ,BRAZILIAN foreign relations - Abstract
The paper has two parts. The first one "Brazil in the Global System" summarizes the most important dynamics in the Brazilian society in the last two decades. The second part "The evolving Brazilian role in the global politics of climate" analyses the Brazilian standing in the negotiations of the Kyoto Protocol (1996-2001) showing how Amazonian deforestation shaped deeply alliances of Brazil and finish analyzing the progress toward a more responsible regional and global position in the recent period. The paper argue there is a good possibility of a change in Brazilian position after a moving in the American position with the next president. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008