Brazil: A New Regional Power in the World Economy / Edition 1

by Bertha K. Becker, Claudio A. G. Egler

Overview

Brazil is a country of immense diversity. It continental dimensions contain the most important industrial complex of the South as well as the largest rainforest reserve in the world, the Amazon. The 1970s witnessed a period of immense economic growth in Brazil, yet more than half the population live in poverty. In this textbook Professors Becker and Egler examine these contemporary dilemmas by exploring the process of Brazil's entry into the capitalist world-economy. They trace this development from the country's origins as a Portuguese colony to its status as a regional power in Latin America and the eighth-largest world economy. Becker and Egler combine geography, history, economics and political science in a comprehensive view of Brazil's development and this innovative and compelling approach enables comparative analysis with other countries. Brazil: A New Regional Power in the World Economy will be widely read by students and specialists of geography, Latin American history, political science, development economics, urban and regional planning and public administration. It will also be an invaluable reference source for journalists, government analysts and policy-makers in international development agencies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521379052
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/28/1992
Series:	Geography of the World-Economy
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. The ambivalence of an emerging power; 2. The incorporation of Brazil into the world-economy: from colony to national industrialisation; 3. The world-economy and Brazil's regions; 4. The rise of Brazil as a regional power in the world-economy; 5. The legacy of conservative modernisation and territorial restructuring; 6. Crisis and dilemmas of the regional power; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.