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Emergent Brazil : key perspectives on a new global power / edited by Jeffrey D. Needell

Needell, Jeffrey D., 1951- [editor.]

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2015

309 S. + Ill., graph. Darst., Kt., Tab., Reg.

Englisch

Introduction: An attempt to grasp the moment / Jeffrey D. NeedellPart I: Brazil, today and yesterday

The country of the present, or, leaving the future in the past / Marshall Eakin

Brazilian spring or Brazilian autumn? First impressions of the June days of 2013 / Fernando Lattman-Weltman

Part II: Brazil's political scene ; Understanding the increasing popularity of Brazilian presidents / Daniela Campello and Cesar Zucco Jr

Too soon to give up, too late to really matter: impasses, self-deception, and Brazil's media-democratization agenda / Fernando Lattman-Weltman

Part III: Brazil's urban scene ; Crime victimization in Brazil, 2009: risks by race, class, and place / Charles H. Wood and Ludmila Ribeiro

Pacification urbanism: a view from Rio's old industrial suburbs / Mariana Cavalcanti

Popular culture in emergent Brazil / Bryan McCann

Part IV: Brazilian religions and the world ; Neo-Pentecostals on the pitch: Brazilian football players as missionaries abroad / Carmen Rial

The global spread of Brazilian religions / Cristina Rocha and Manuel A. Vásquez

Part V: Brazilian forest and field to the world ; Biofuels: energy for the world / Roberto Rodrigues

Agribusiness and sustainability of the orange juice and sugar and ethanol industries of Sao Paulo and Florida / James A. Sterns, Thomas H. Spreen, and Paula M. Mercadante

Environmental governance and technological innovations for sustainable development in the Amazon / Judson F. Valentim

Emergent socio-environmental development in Amazonia / Marianne Schmink

Part VI: Brazil's new diplomatic role in the world ; Brazil: an emerging nuclear power / Carlo Patti

The strange case of the missing relationship: Brazil and the United States / Peter Hakim.

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-8130-6067-5

2014048363

OCoLC: 1196873458     

LB 49665  | MI 84000      Ähnliche Literatur

F2523

981

FIV Notation: RD04.13: Lateinamerika / Südamerika / Brasilien ; SA01: Allgemeine Literatur / Übergreifende Gesamtdarstellungen/Länderkunde

Basisklassifikation: 15.88 (Mittelamerika; Südamerika) <Geschichte> ; 74.26 (Mittelamerika; Südamerika) <Geographie> ; 83.30 (Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Wirtschaftsstruktur: Allgemeines)

*Brasilien ; Politik ; Soziale Situation ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Außenpolitik ; Aufsatzsammlung      Zum Register

FIV-Themen: Brasilien ; Aufstrebende Märkte ; Sozioökonomische Entwicklung ; Soziopolitischer Wandel ; Geschichtlicher Überblick ; Gesellschaftliche Prozesse ; Globalisierung ; Diplomatie ; Status und Rolle im internationalen System ; Umweltfaktoren ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung

FIV-Aspekte: Nukleares Schwellenland ; Staatsoberhaupt ; Massenmedien ; Stadtbevölkerung ; Kriminalität ; Religion ; Pfingstbewegung ; Policy Discussion Forum on Regulatory Issues in Biofuels (New Delhi, 2006-07-14) ; Agrarhandel ; Amazonia (Brasilien) ; Vereinigte Staaten

LOC-SH: Globalization -- Brazil ; Brazil -- History ; Brazil -- Foreign relations -- 20th century ; Brazil -- Economic conditions

This collection of sixteen essays examines the impact of Brazilian trends, institutions, culture, and religion on the world through accelerating processes of globalization

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This collection of sixteen essays examines the impact of Brazilian trends, institutions, culture, and religion on the world through accelerating processes of globalization