Los condicionamientos domésticos en los diseños de política exterior : la internacionalización del capital brasileño y su impacto en la política exterior de Brasil (2003-2013). Implicancias en la relación bilateral con la Argentina
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2015
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Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales
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La presente tesis tiene como objetivo analizar cómo impactó la internacionalización
de capitales brasileño en la política exterior de Brasil entre los 2003 y 2013. En el
siglo XXI un conjunto importante de empresas brasileñas profundizó su inserción en
los mercados internacionales no sólo bajo la modalidad comercial, sino también
realizando inversiones significativas alrededor del planeta. La emergencia de las
empresas multinacionales del mundo en desarrollo (siendo las de Brasil un caso
testigo) se transformó en un claro indicador de las mutaciones en la distribución del
poder económico en el sistema internacional. Este fenómeno coincidió
temporalmente con un cambio político en la vida institucional de Brasil producto de
la llegada, por primera vez, al gobierno del Partido de los Trabajadores bajo el
liderazgo de Luiz Inácio “Lula” Da Silva. La política exterior de los gobiernos
petistas (incluido parte del gobierno de Rousseff) estuvo signada por “cambios dentro
de la continuidad”, pero se vio condicionada por las actividades de un importante
conjunto de empresas brasileñas con inversiones tanto en el mundo en desarrollo
como desarrollado. En este marco la investigación busca dar respuesta a las
siguientes preguntas/ problema: ¿Cómo impactó el proceso de internacionalización de
capitales brasileños en la política exterior de Brasil (2003-2013) y su ejecución hacia
Sudamérica? y ¿Qué implicancias tuvo dicho proceso para la relación bilateral con la
Argentina? Los resultados obtenidos a lo largo de este estudio responden dichos
interrogantes a través de tres niveles de análisis: macro correspondiente al proyecto
general de la política exterior, meso, en la ejecución de la PEB hacia Sudamérica; y
micro, en la interacción particular con un actor estatal específico como lo es la
República Argentina. Finalmente, se destaca que el recorrido empírico de esta
investigación se inserta en un encuadre teórico sustentado en premisas realistas
provenientes de la teoría de las Relaciones Internacionales y de la Economía Política
Internacional a lo que suma aquellos enfoques de la Economía que resaltan el rol
central de los Estados-Nacionales en el proceso de globalización
This thesis aims to analyze how the internationalization of Brazilian capital impacted on Brazil´s foreign policy between 2003 and 2013. Throughout the 21st century, an important group of Brazilian companies deepened their insertion into the international markets not only by increasing their commercial influence but also by making a large amount of investments around the world. This process took place in a wider context marked by the emergency of multinational companies in the developing world, all of which showed the recent changes in the distribution of economic power within the international system. This phenomenon coincided with a political shift in the institutional life of Brazil: the entry into government of the “Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT)” led by Luiz Inacio "Lula" Da Silva. From that moment, the foreign policy implemented by PT´s governments (including part of the Rousseff administration) was characterized by "change in continuity" and it was conditioned by the activities of an extensive group of Brazilian firms which had great investments in both developed and developing countries. Within this framework, the current research seeks to answer the following question/problem: How the process of internationalization of Brazilian capital impacted on Brazil´s foreign policy (2003- 2013) and its execution in South America? On the other hand, what implications did this process have for bilateral relations with Argentina? The main results obtained throughout this study offer answers to these questions based on three levels of analysis: the macro level corresponding to the overall foreign policy project of the PT´s governments, the meso level relating to the implementation of Brazilian Foreign Policy into South America, and the micro level regarding to the particular interaction between Brazil and an specific state actor: the Argentine Republic. Finally, this research is inserted into a theoretical framing which includes realistic premises from the Theory of International Relations (IR) and the International Political Economy (IPE) in addition to those economic approaches that emphasize the central role of national states in the globalization process
This thesis aims to analyze how the internationalization of Brazilian capital impacted on Brazil´s foreign policy between 2003 and 2013. Throughout the 21st century, an important group of Brazilian companies deepened their insertion into the international markets not only by increasing their commercial influence but also by making a large amount of investments around the world. This process took place in a wider context marked by the emergency of multinational companies in the developing world, all of which showed the recent changes in the distribution of economic power within the international system. This phenomenon coincided with a political shift in the institutional life of Brazil: the entry into government of the “Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT)” led by Luiz Inacio "Lula" Da Silva. From that moment, the foreign policy implemented by PT´s governments (including part of the Rousseff administration) was characterized by "change in continuity" and it was conditioned by the activities of an extensive group of Brazilian firms which had great investments in both developed and developing countries. Within this framework, the current research seeks to answer the following question/problem: How the process of internationalization of Brazilian capital impacted on Brazil´s foreign policy (2003- 2013) and its execution in South America? On the other hand, what implications did this process have for bilateral relations with Argentina? The main results obtained throughout this study offer answers to these questions based on three levels of analysis: the macro level corresponding to the overall foreign policy project of the PT´s governments, the meso level relating to the implementation of Brazilian Foreign Policy into South America, and the micro level regarding to the particular interaction between Brazil and an specific state actor: the Argentine Republic. Finally, this research is inserted into a theoretical framing which includes realistic premises from the Theory of International Relations (IR) and the International Political Economy (IPE) in addition to those economic approaches that emphasize the central role of national states in the globalization process
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Política exterior, Brasil, Argentina, Internacionalización de capitales, 2003-2013