Shifting Strategies of Sovereignty: Brazil and the Politics of Globalization

Abstract

This chapter explores Lula's internationalist strategy toward the politics of globalization, which involves building alliances within the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and between Mercosur and the European Union. It compares Lula's internationalism with the earlier nationalist Brazilian informatics policy as shifting strategies of sovereignty, highlighting their differences as interventions in the politics of globalization. In the process, it explores the changing conditions of globalization and assesses the potential of Lula's strategy as an alternative to the dominant neoliberal globalization form.

Citation

Schoonmaker, S. (2005), "Shifting Strategies of Sovereignty: Brazil and the Politics of Globalization", Buttel, F.H. and McMichael, P. (Ed.) New Directions in the Sociology of Global Development (Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Vol. 11), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 301-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1057-1922(05)11011-7