2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Brazil in the World: Role Conception, Drive for Status, and Status-Seeking Strategies of a Power on the Rise
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After having given an overview on the theoretical concepts of Great Power status in international relations and status-seeking as a driver of state behavior, the following chapter will examine Brazil’s international identity, its role conception, and its status-seeking strategies in order to delineate the country’s self-understanding and its ambitions in the international society. Arguing that status-seeking has been a dominant and constant factor in Brazil’s foreign policy, the chapter provides the basis for the analysis of status-seeking motives and mechanisms in Brazil’s Africa engagement in Chapters 4 and 5.