Oil and Politics in Modern Brazil
Author: Peter Seaborn Smith
Publisher: Macmillan of Canada : Maclean-Hunter Press
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 312
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Author: Peter Seaborn Smith
Publisher: Macmillan of Canada : Maclean-Hunter Press
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas C. Bruneau
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-01
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 0429724586
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the past decade, the potential offered by Brazil's size, resources, and location has begun to be realized. There are, however, a number of international and domestic obstacles to the country's continued development, as indicated by its extreme inflation rate and its foreign indebtedness. There are also serious questions about the social and political results of the Brazilian approach to development: Brazil has become something of a test case for whether the Western, or capitalist, orientation can achieve development in more than strictly economic terms. Emphasizing key aspects of Brazil's economy, politics, and society, the authors present an overall analysis of the present system and provide a base from which to assess Brazil's future development.
Author: George Philip
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007-01-18
Total Pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780521030700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a study of the transformation of the Latin American oil system from one in which the international oil companies dominated to one which is dominated by the main state oil companies, and an account of how some of the more important of the state companies have operated. This comprehensive guide to the evolution of the Latin American oil system combines in one volume a synthesis of material from secondary sources and original research and thus provides an invaluable reference for all concerned with the history and economy of Latin America and with the development and functioning of the international oil industry.
Author: Riordan Roett
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016-07-01
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 019022455X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBrazil is one of the most important but puzzling countries in the world. A nation of 200 million people, it has vast natural resource reserves, rich cultural traditions, a middle class undergoing explosive growth, and social welfare policies that are models for much of the world ('la bolsa familia,' which provides a guaranteed income to poor families). And, after decades of authoritarian rule, it is a stable democracy. Yet it is beset by problems that no other advanced economy suffers from: staggeringly high crime rates, sky-high inequality levels, and endemic political corruption. Emblematic of these two sides of Brazil is the selection of Rio as site of both the next Summer Olympics and the next World Cup. While the choice of Rio for these events points to Brazil's expanding presence on the world stage, so far the construction and planning for the events have been disastrous, threatening to deeply embarrass the nation. In Brazil: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Riordan Roett, an eminent scholar of Brazil and Latin America, will provide a rich overview of Brazil, covering Brazilian society, politics, culture, and the economy. The book begins with a series of chapters on Brazilian history, beginning with the pre-colonial period and moving on, in succession, to the long era of Portuguese rule, the birth of independent Brazil, the emergence of modern Brazil in the 1930s, the era of the dictators, and - finally - to the democratic regime that came into being in the 1980s. Throughout the book, Roett will focus sharply on the fault lines -- racial, economic, political, and cultural - that have plagued Brazil from its beginnings to this day. As the 2016 World Cup and Summer Olympics approach, interest in Brazil is sure to rise. Roett's synthesis will provide interested readers with an accessible, authoritative overview of this troubled yet fascinating giant.
Author: Larry Rohter
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2012-02-28
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0230120733
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fabled country with a reputation for danger, romance and intrigue, Brazil has transformed itself in the past decade. This title, written by the go-to journalist on Brazil, intimately portrays a country of contradictions, a country of passion and above all a country of immense power.
Author: Alfred P. Montero
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2014-01-21
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 0745681107
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnce deemed a “dysfunctional” democracy with a “feckless” set of political institutions and a “drunk” economy, today’s Brazil has undergone a complete reversal of fortune. Now in its third decade of democracy, the economy is blossoming and large-scale development projects are underway, including the exploitation of massive, off-shore oil reserves, a nationwide effort to modernize infrastructure, and preparations for the hosting of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. Inequality and poverty are reducing and even Brazil’s political institutions are more governable and are producing a higher-quality democracy than most observers once thought possible. Alfred P. Montero’s timely and wide-ranging book explores Brazil’s amazing “turnaround” - from improvements to the working of its political institutions and judiciary, to the renewal of economic growth, the advent of innovative social policy, and the emergence of a new foreign policy agenda. Unpacking both overly optimistic as well as pessimistic views of Brazilian politics and development, Montero offers illuminating insights into the country’s transformation and its increasing significance on the international stage.
Author: Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 58
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Decio Oddone
Publisher:
Published: 2016-07-14
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ISBN-13: 9781619774759
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Renato Lima De Oliveira
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 260
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe oil industry has been an important source of industrial and technological development for countries like the United States, United Kingdom, and Norway but is mostly associated with a range of negative outcomes by the resource curse literature. Studies in this tradition assume that this industry has limited potential for creating local jobs, fostering a domestic supply chain, and interacting with research institutions. Instead, the oil industry is treated as a pure generator of easy rents that flow to governments, which unless they are constrained by good institutions, will turn resource wealth into negative economic and political outcomes. This study questions the core assumptions of the resource curse literature. It does so through a careful analysis of the industry's characteristics and the varying sources of rents, showing the existence of Schumpeterian (innovation) rents in natural-resource production. It then provides a theory that connects geological endowments to political incentives and predicts when natural resources lead to rent-capture or creation, the types of rules of distribution of oil wealth and institutional complementarities put in place to manage it, and the conditions under which policies to foster local economic participation are more likely to emerge (local content policies). The theoretical framework is then applied to the study of three countries that have similar background conditions but have different geological endowments - one traditionally rich in low-cost oil, which is Mexico, and others which are abundant in high-cost, hard-to-get O&G, which are Brazil and Malaysia. It shows that a change in the resource base pushed policymakers in Mexico to replace the rules of the sector with a constitutional reform that aligned incentives for long-term investments, attracted private capital, relied less on oil rents for public finances, and promoted local procurement. In Brazil and Malaysia, this study shows that the technically challenging aspect of producing oil and gas in those countries both enabled and incentivized a new type of distributive and industrial policy in the natural resource sector, politicizing supply contracts but also investing in domestic capabilities, innovation, and pockets of efficiency within the state bureaucracy.
Author: Ben Ross Schneider
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016-02-12
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 0190462906
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBen Ross Schneider's volume, New Order and Progress takes a thorough look at the political economy of Brazil. The distinctive perspective of the 11 chapters is historical, comparative, and theoretical. Collectively, the chapters offer sobering insight into why Brazil has not been the rising economic star of the BRIC that many predicted it would be, but also documents the gains that Brazil has made toward greater equality and stability. The book is grouped into four parts covering Brazil's development strategy, governance, social change, and political representation. The authors -18 leading experts from Brazil and the United States - analyze core issues in Brazil's evolving political economy, including falling inequality, the new middle class, equalizing federalism, the politicization of the federal bureaucracy, resurgent state capitalism, labor market discrimination, survival of political dynasties, the expansion of suffrage, oil and the resource curse, exchange rates and capital controls, protest movements, and the frayed social contract.