Brazilian Foreign Policy and Human Rights

Change and Continuity under Dilma

Bibliographic Data

ID2370073
AuthorsPar Engstrom (0000-0003-1346-0420, Institute of the Americas, University College London, UK, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume38
Issue6
Pages835-849
Publication date2012-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0896920512440582
OpenAlexW2112557184
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited9

This article evaluates the degree of policy change and continuity in human rights and foreign policy in the early Dilma Rousseff administration in Brazil. The smooth succession of power that Dilma's election represented suggests significant policy continuity with her immediate predecessor Lula da Silva. In human rights, however, there have been some early indications of policy shifts. Four particularly salient dimensions of both change and continuity in the areas of human rights and foreign policy are examined: Brazil's role as advocate for global governance reforms; its efforts to foster South-South relations; the character of Brazil's power projection; and its regional leadership role. The article also evaluates the emergence of Brazil as a pivotal player in global governance and assesses the implications for Brazilian foreign policy engagement with international human rights. Brazil will have to manage increasing expectations that the country should play a more active and forceful role in shaping the development of the international human rights regime

Corporate governance · Development economics · Economics · Foreign policy · Global governance · Human rights · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Brazilian Legal Issues · Human Rights and Development · International Development and Aid · Law · Public Administration

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