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Title Debunking Brazilian Exceptionalism in its Africa Relations: Evidence from Angola and Tanzania
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/10451/43928
Date 2020
Author(s) Dye, Barnaby Joseph; Alencastro, Mathias
Abstract From 2003, President Lula heralded a new dawn in Brazil's expanding African relations. Brazil was claimed to be unlike other exploitative powers because of its cultural, geographic and historic connections; Africa's true brother. Despite the passing of two decades and a number of scandals, this narrative of exceptionalism remains. Studies on Brazil'Africa relations tend to focus on the Brazilian state as the key, essentially benign agent. Our analysis uses the case studies of Angola and Tanzania to debunk the idea of Brazilian exceptionalism. We demonstrate the significant, overlooked agency of corporations in shaping and implementing Lula's Africa Policy, and determining its developmentally dubious outcomes. Additionally, the paper shows how political elites in Africa directed Brazilian government and companies into their political and business norms. Thus, Brazil' Africa relations replicated much of the typical economic patterns of the continent's trade, with oft-controversial and corrupt investment in commodity extraction and infrastructure. - info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Subject(s) Brazil; Africa; Foreign policy; Emerging powers; Rising powers
Language eng
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Relation https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600826.2020.1722617
Type of publication article
Rights restrictedAccess
Identifier Dye, B.J., Alencastro, M. (2020). Debunking Brazilian Exceptionalism in its Africa Relations: Evidence from Angola and Tanzania. Global Society, Published online 02 Mar 2020; 10.1080/13600826.2020.1722617
Repository Lissabon - University of Lissabon
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