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Dr Brasilia and Mr. Nacala: the apparent duality behind the Brazilian state-capital nexus.
- Source :
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Brazilian Journal of Political Economy / Revista de Economia Política . abr-jun2015, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p343-359. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- In August 2010 Brazil decided to limit foreign direct investments (FDIs) in land, and attracted the attention of politicians as much as the fears of businessmen. However, few months before, in September 2009, it had concluded a trilateral agreement with Japan and Mozambique to implement agribusiness and contract farming on an area of ten million hectares in the Mozambican region of Nacala. In light of that, the paper analyses the apparent duality of the Brazilian politics, and concludes that, exactly like in the case of the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, it is not a matter of pathology, but a voluntarily induced double personality which is strategic in positioning Brazil at the core of the global capitalist system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01013157
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Brazilian Journal of Political Economy / Revista de Economia PolĂtica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 102958249
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31572015v35n02a08