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The New Brazil Hardcover – August 2, 2010

by Riordan Roett (Author)
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The New Brazil tells the story of South America's largest country as it has evolved from a remote Portuguese colony into a regional leader, a respected representative for the developing world, and, increasingly, an important partner for the United States and the European Union.

For much of the twentieth century, Brazil seemed mired in perpetual economic crisis. Today, prudent fiscal and monetary policies have yielded high levels of foreign direct investment and an investment-grade rating for its debt. Brazil is also emerging as an energy powerhouse, and policymakers are more and more confronting the challenge of reducing poverty among tens of millions of people.

In this engaging book, Riordan Roett traces the long road Brazil has traveled to reach its present status and examines the many challenges it has overcome and those that lie ahead. He discusses the country's development as a colony, empire, and republic; the making of modern Brazil, beginning with the rise to power of Getulio Vargas; the advent of the military government in 1964; the return to civilian rule two decades later; and the pivotal presidencies of Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Luiz Inacio (Lula) da Silva, leading to the nation's current status in world affairs as one of the BRIC countries.

As Brazil prepares to elect a new president in October 2010, much remains to be done to consolidate and expand the country's global role. Nonetheless, as a player on the world stage, Brazil is here to stay.

"In part the [country's] success is due to external factors such as the high demand for Brazilian exports, particularly in China and the rest of Asia. But it also reflects sophisticated policy choices, including inflation targeting and maintenance of an autonomous central bank."
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    August 2, 2010
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    6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0815704232
  7. ISBN-13
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Riordan Roett is Sarita and Don Johnston Professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, where he directs the Western Hemisphere Studies and Latin American Studies programs. Widely acclaimed for his contributions to Latin American studies, he has received the Order of Rio Branco from the government of Brazil with the rank of Commander and the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins from the government of Chile with the rank of "Gran Official." Roett is the author or editor of twenty-two books, including China's Expansion into the Western Hemisphere (Brookings, 2008) and Post-Stabilization Politics in Latin America (Brookings, 2003). His textbook Brazil: Politics in a Patrimonial Society is now in its fifth edition.

Riordan Roett is Sarita and Don Johnston Professor at the Paul H. NitzeSchool of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, where hedirects the Western Hemisphere Studies and Latin American Studies programs. Widelyacclaimed for his contributions to Latin American studies, he has received the Orderof Rio Branco from the government of Brazil with the rank of Commander and the Orderof Bernardo O'Higgins from the government of Chile with the rank of "Gran Official."Roett is the author or editor of twenty-two books, including China's Expansion into theWestern Hemisphere (Brookings, 2008) and Post-Stabilization Politics in Latin America(Brookings, 2003). His textbook Brazil: Politics in a Patrimonial Society is now inits fifth edition.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Brookings Inst Pr; First Edition (August 2, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 178 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0815704232
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0815704232
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
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Carol Orme-johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Complete and Current
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2013
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Roett presents a thorough analysis of Brazil's history, politics, and economy, up to 2012. As Brazil is in an exciting transition to major power, it is valuable to understand what's going on there. This book is interesting and well written.
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Natty B
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Brazil Primer
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2015
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A great read for those looking for a primer in Brazilian history and politics, melding the aforementioned subjects to illustrate how they have shaped modern day Brazil. Also provides the necessary analysis and understanding for those unfamiliar with Brazilian politics pre-Lula.

I read this book as part of preparations to live in Brazil and it was very helpful to that end, offering clear, concise, and most importantly for me a succinct reading from a leading Brazil/Western Hemisphere scholar.
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Mario A. Vazquez
3.0 out of 5 stars Completely focused in the economic dimension
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2014
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The book focuses in the economic dimension of the history of Brazil, forgetting almost completely about the social dimension; therefore, it is an incomplete work that illustrate poorly how the nation has become one important player in the globalization process
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Liz
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2012
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The book is brand new and arrived exactly when it said it would. I would buy items from this seller again any day.
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GP
5.0 out of 5 stars A great overview of Brazil's history and the country's path to "BRIC-dom"
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2011
As one of the panelists at a book launch event aptly commented, writing a succint and thorough history of Brazil in 150 pages would have been deemed impossible until recently, but Riordan Roett has done it (based on remarks by Dr. Margaret Daly Hayes, September 29, 2010, Johns Hopkins-SAIS). The brilliance of this book is precisely that it covers so much in so few pages and that it gives the reader a rich overview of Brazil's trajectory to a position of increasing global importance. For more information on the book, see the review in the January/February 2011 issue of Foreign Affairs (available online).
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W. P. (Bill) Hastings
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Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2013
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Informataion with a point of view. If the author were to write an update of current Brazil (2013) I would read that too to
see if he had changed his view, and got just a little deeper into the sociology of the country. I live there part of each year.
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KS
3.0 out of 5 stars More historical than anything
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2013
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The book is well written but it's more historical than it is about the "new" brazil.. My fault for not reading the table of contents.
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Francisco Vzquez Ahued
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and succinct analysis
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2011
In this book, Professor Roett is able to summarize the history of Brazil in only 150 pages and make it readable and enjoyable by the broad public. Particularly, tThis book is an excellent analysis of the critical juncture lived by Brazil over the last decade.
The New Brazil is as good as it gets as an introduction to Brazilian history and politics. Its objective is not to analyze extensively, but to present succinctly. Other books by Roett analyze Brazil's politics in more detail, in case the reader is interested.
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