Política externa e acumulação de capital: o Brasil e o Mercosul

Resumo

Brazilian foreign policy has been functional to the "tropical fordist"
mode of development. Its strategies have changed three times since the
begining of 20th Century. First, the alignment with the USA attracted
investments of western industrial companies. Then, t h e so-called "responsible
pragmatism" helped the last stage of industrial development in the
70s but f a i l ed in facing t h e crisis in t h e 80s. Now, t h e process of integration
intends to find new horizons to "tropical fordism", attracting foreign investments
and consolidating a common market in South America, the Mercosur.