Format:
1 Online-Ressource (270 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781839980268
Series Statement:
Anthem Brazilian Studies
Content:
This comprehensive study analyzes Brazil's efforts to create a global market for ethanol under the governments of the Workers' Party
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Hypotheses -- Background: A Brief History of Ethanol in Brazil -- Background: The Comeback of Ethanol in Brazil -- Background: The International Environment -- Climate Change -- Climate Change and Energy Security -- South-South Cooperation -- 1. Theoretical Framework -- Introduction: How to Explain State Behaviour in International Relations? -- Neoclassical Realism -- A Neoclassical Realist Theory of Foreign Policy -- A Wave of NCR Research -- A Neoclassical Realist Theory of International Politics -- The Intervening Variable -- NCR's Explanatory Value for Brazil's International Ethanol Strategy -- Concepts in Realist IR -- Soft Power -- Political Strategies Based on Realism -- Theoretical Framework - Conclusion -- 2. Methodology -- Quantitative versus Qualitative Social Science Research -- Case Study Research -- Case Selection -- Definition of Variables -- Process Tracing -- Definition of the Critical Junctures - Necessary Points of Analysis -- Information Gathering -- Document Research -- Expert Interviews -- The Selection of Interviewees -- Research Design -- 3. Literature Review -- Literature on Global Biofuel Markets -- Outlining the Official Strategy -- The Ethanol Complex -- Strategic Assessment of Ethanol Diplomacy -- The South-South Context -- United States-Brazil -- Literature on the US-Brazil Relationship -- Literature on the US-Brazil Biofuels Partnership -- Brazil-Mozambique -- World Trade Organization -- 4. The Brazil-US Ethanol Relationship -- Introduction -- The Structural Environment -- Background -- Brazil-US Production of and Trade in Ethanol -- Brazil as a Strategic Proxy of the United States: Balancing Venezuela -- US FDI and Development Aid in Brazil
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US Attitudes towards the Use and Trade of Biofuels -- Trade and Market Barriers -- Actors and Institutions -- Brazil -- The United States -- From the Strategic Energy Dialogue to the 2007 MoU on Biofuels -- The 2007 MoU on Biofuels -- The Implementation of the 2007 MoU until the NSA Spy Scandal -- Broken Relations due to the NSA Spy Scandal -- Final Remarks -- 5. The Brazil-Mozambique Ethanol Relationship -- Introduction -- Background -- Trade -- Actors and Institutions -- The Mozambican Agriculture Sector and Policy Initiatives -- Reconstructing Brazil's Ethanol Diplomacy towards Mozambique -- The Biofuels MoU -- The ProSavana Project -- Summary and Final Remarks -- 2007 MoU -- ProSavana -- The Brazilian Narrative -- ProSavana in the South-South Context -- Brazil as a Realist Actor -- 6. Brazil's Multilateral Ethanol Diplomacy -- Introduction -- Background -- The Structural Environment -- Actors and Institutions -- Brazil's Successes within the WTO System -- Bali and Environmental Goods -- Brazil's Options and Possible Strategies -- The State of Doha -- The Bali Ministerial -- The Outcome of Bali: Agriculture and the Volatility of Brazilian Leadership -- Brazil's Suggestion: Environmental Goods -- Forum Shopping and Parallel Initiatives -- Outcomes of Brazil's Multilateral Ethanol Diplomacy -- Summary -- 7. Summary and Outlook -- Brazil and the United States -- Brazil and Mozambique -- Brazil's Multilateral Ethanol Diplomacy -- Answering the Research Question -- What Was the Ethanol Strategy? -- Why Did Brazil Fail to Achieve the Global Market for Ethanol? -- Contribution to the Literature -- Expanding on Neoclassical Realism -- Insights into Brazilian Foreign Policy Making -- Implications for Emerging Powers Research -- Venues for Further Research -- Expand Neoclassical Realism -- Generalisation for Brazilian Foreign Policy
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Generalise the Research for Emerging Powers -- Final Remarks -- Appendix -- List of Interviews -- Key Events in Brazil's WTO Insertion (2003-14) -- Key People in Brazil's Ethanol Diplomacy (2003-14) -- Stakeholder Mapping -- Relevant groups in the WTO Doha Round Negotiations -- Ethanol/Biofuels MoUs Signed by Brazil 2003-14 -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Fröhlich, Thomas Brazil's International Ethanol Strategy London : Anthem Press,c2022 ISBN 9781839980244
Language:
English
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