ISBN:
9780813060675
Language:
English
Pages:
309 S.
Additional Material:
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt., Tab., Reg.
DDC:
981
Keywords:
Globalization
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DE in Bearbeitung (GIGA-LADOK)
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Brazil History
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Brazil Foreign relations 20th century
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Brazil Economic conditions
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Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Brasilien
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Politik
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Soziale Situation
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
;
Nachhaltigkeit
;
Außenpolitik
Abstract:
This collection of sixteen essays examines the impact of Brazilian trends, institutions, culture, and religion on the world through accelerating processes of globalization
Abstract:
This collection of sixteen essays examines the impact of Brazilian trends, institutions, culture, and religion on the world through accelerating processes of globalization
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction: An attempt to grasp the moment
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The country of the present, or, leaving the future in the past
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Brazilian spring or Brazilian autumn? First impressions of the June days of 2013
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Part II: Brazil's political scene ; Understanding the increasing popularity of Brazilian presidents
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Too soon to give up, too late to really matter: impasses, self-deception, and Brazil's media-democratization agenda
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Part III: Brazil's urban scene ; Crime victimization in Brazil, 2009: risks by race, class, and place
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Pacification urbanism: a view from Rio's old industrial suburbs
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Popular culture in emergent Brazil
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Part IV: Brazilian religions and the world ; Neo-Pentecostals on the pitch: Brazilian football players as missionaries abroad
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The global spread of Brazilian religions
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Part V: Brazilian forest and field to the world ; Biofuels: energy for the world
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Agribusiness and sustainability of the orange juice and sugar and ethanol industries of Sao Paulo and Florida
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Environmental governance and technological innovations for sustainable development in the Amazon
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Emergent socio-environmental development in Amazonia
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Part VI: Brazil's new diplomatic role in the world ; Brazil: an emerging nuclear power
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The strange case of the missing relationship: Brazil and the United States
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