It's always sunny in Brazil

Images, Stereotypes, Ignorance, and the Country's International Status

Bibliographic Data

ID5907694
AuthorsDaniel Buarque (0000-0002-1266-9022, University São Paulo, Brazil, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume29
Issue3
Pages551-574
Publication date2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOpinião Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0104-6276 • E-ISSN: 1807-0191
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1807-01912023293551
OpenAlexW4391534237
SCIELO_PIDS0104-62762023000300551
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited36

Brazil is an emerging country with tremendous potential and the ambition to become a major player in global politics. Achieving high international status, however, depends not only on aspiration, but on the intersubjective perceptions of states that are already established as great powers. Brazil's rise is connected not only to its attributes of power but to how the country is perceived by others. This article advances the study of Brazil's status by analyzing the image of the country according to the perceptions of the foreign policy community of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. It contributes to International Relations scholarship by addressing the relation between images of a nation and its level of prestige. The article argues that knowledge about Brazil is limited even among global elites and is mostly associated with superficial stereotypes

Ignorance · Political science · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law

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