Aspirational Power : Brazil on the Long Road to Global Influence.

Front Cover -- Front Flap -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Brazil, the Emerging Powers, and the Future of the International Order -- Interpreting Brazil's Attempts to Emerge in Historical Perspective -- Selling Brazil's Rise: Brazilian Foreign Policy from Cardoso to Rousseff -- Brazil, Order Making, and the International Security -- Brazil and the Multilateral Structure of Economic Globalization: Governance Reform for the International Economy -- Brazil and the Global Commons -- Emergence: Why Brazil Falls Short and What It Might Do Differently -- Notes -- Index -- Back Flap -- Back Cover.

Brazil's soft power path to major power status. The largest country in South America by land mass and population, Brazil has been marked since its independence by a belief that it has the potential to play a major role on the global stage. Set apart from the rest of the hemisphere by culture, language, and history, Brazil has also been viewed by its neighbors as a potential great power and, at times, a threat. But even though domestic aspirations and foreign perceptions have held out the prospect for Brazil becoming a major power, the country has lacked the capabilities--particularly on the military and economic dimensions--to pursue a traditional path to greatness. Aspirational Power examines Brazil as an emerging power. It explains Brazil's present emphasis on using soft power through a historical analysis of Brazil's three past attempts to achieve major power status. Though these efforts have fallen short, this book suggests that Brazil will continue to try to emerge, but that it will only succeed when its domestic institutions provide a solid and attractive foundation for the deployment of its soft power abroad. Aspirational Power concludes with concrete recommendations for how Brazil might improve its strategy, and why the great powers, including the United States, should respond positively to Brazil's emergence.

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