Democratization and Graduation Dilemmas Faced by Regional Powers in the Global South
A comparative Study of Brazil and South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6235601 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pablo De Rezende Saturnino Braga (0000-0002-4553-2671, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Brazilian Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1981-3821 • E-ISSN: 1981-3821 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1981-3821202200020002 |
| OpenAlex | W4285220693 |
| SCIELO_PID | S1981-38212022000200203 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
This article aims to understand how democratization processes have influenced the foreign policy of regional powers in the Global South. Our theoretical model brings together the concepts of ‘regional power’ and ‘graduation dilemma’. It is used for a comparative study of Brazil and South Africa’s foreign policy in two stages: 01. ‘prestige diplomacy’ with a focus on human rights in the 1990s; and 02. global projection in the 2000s. We employ a comparative methodology that uses process tracing to build an analytical grid in order to reveal the particularities of the causal mechanisms in the historical trajectories of the two countries. Prestige diplomacy was successful for both Brazil and South Africa in the 1990s and both sought to play international leadership roles in the 2000s. Nonetheless, their responses to the graduation dilemmas were different, especially in relation to their respective regions. South Africa engaged more actively in crisis mediation processes and peace operations in its region; Brazil had a more inconsistent participation in regional crises and frequently retreated from regional alliances when seeking to increase its international status, which generated friction with its neighbors
Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Dilemma · Diplomacy · Economics · Foreign policy · Geography · Graduation (instrument · International relations · Mediation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prestige · Regional power · Sociology · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
The Logic of Regional Integration
Brazil and South Africa
South African Foreign Policy Review
Introduction
Redistribution and recognition
Regional powers and their strategies
How to compare regional powers
The new diplomacy of the South
The Origins of Human Rights Regimes
The Emerging Regional Architecture of World Politics
Democratization and International Organizations
On Global Order
A política externa de Lula da Silva
Understanding Process Tracing
O papel da integração regional para o Brasil
Democracy's Third Wave
Brazil as an intermediate state and regional power
Brazil's foreign policy and the 'graduation dilemma
A Leader Without Followers? The Growing Divergence Between the Regional and Global Performance of Brazilian Foreign Policy
Modos de transição em perspectiva comparada
The Logic of Process Tracing Tests in the Social Sciences
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |