Emergent Brazil: Key Perspectives On A New Global Power Project Muse Upcc Books

For decades, scholars and journalists have hailed the enormous potential of Brazil, which has been one of the world's largest economies for the last twenty years. But its promise has too often been curtailed by dictatorship, racism, poverty, and violence. Offering an interdisciplinary approach to the critical issues facing Brazil, the contributors to this volume analyze the democratization of the country's media, its nuclear capabilities, changing crime rates, the spread of Pentecostalism and indigenous religions, the development of popular culture, the growth of Brazilian agribusiness, and the implementation of sustainable economic development, especially in the Amazon. The only member of the large, newly industrialized, fast-growing BRICS economies (along with Russia, China, India, and South Africa) in the Western hemisphere, Brazil plays a unique role regionally and throughout the world. Emergent Brazil is a comprehensive and timely collection of essays that explore the country's major domestic concerns and the impact of its trends, institutions, culture, and religion across the globe. Jeffrey D. Needell is professor of history at the University of Florida and former Latin American program associate at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is the author of A Tropical Belle Epoque and The Party of Order. This Collection Of Sixteen Essays Examines The Impact Of Brazilian Trends, Institutions, Culture, And Religion On The World Through Accelerating Processes Of Globalization. Introduction: An Attempt To Grasp The Moment / Jeffrey D. Needell -- Part 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. Edited By Jeffrey D. Needell. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Highly recommended for anyone seeking to understand Brazils recent dynamism.Timothy J. Power, coeditor of Corruption and Democracy in Brazil Superb. No other recent volume on Brazil is as deep, rich, and multifaceted.Michael Shifter, president, Inter-American Dialogue Treats the politics, economy, and society of Brazil, showing how those subjects are affected by forces elsewhere in the world and how Brazil in turn impacts other countries. All serious students of contemporary Brazil should read this book.Joseph L. Love, author of The Revolt of the Whip For decades, scholars and journalists have hailed the enormous potential of Brazil, which has been one of the worlds largest economies for the last twenty years. But its promise has too often been curtailed by dictatorship, racism, poverty, and violence. Offering an interdisciplinary approach to the critical issues facing Brazil, the contributors to this volume analyze the democratization of the countrys media, its nuclear capabilities, changing crime rates, the spread of Pentecostalism and indigenous religions, the development of popular culture, the growth of Brazilian agribusiness, and the implementation of sustainable economic development, especially in the Amazon. The only member of the large, newly industrialized, fast-growing BRICS economies (along with Russia, China, India, and South Africa) in the Western hemisphere, Brazil plays a unique role regionally and throughout the world. Emergent Brazil is a comprehensive and timely collection of essays that explore the countrys major domestic concerns and the impact of its trends, institutions, culture, and religion across the globe.