by Riordan Roett · Brookings Institution · tapa dura · ISBN 9780815704232
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«The New Brazil» is Riordan Roett's essay on economics and history, published by Brookings Institution in hardcover (178 pages, in English).
Traces Brazil's evolution from Portuguese colony to regional leader and partner of the US and the European Union. Analyzes the economic crises that led to prudent fiscal policies, the energy boom and the challenges of fighting poverty, with milestones such as Vargas, the 1964 military regime and the Cardoso and Lula governments.
First edition, published in 2010. In some editions the title is completed as «The New Brazil: From Backwater to BRIC».
University audience and readers interested in the economy, history and international relations of Brazil and Latin America.
Riordan Roett is an American political scientist specializing in Latin America. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University in political science and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was assistant professor (1967–1973) and acting director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University and was the Sarita and Don Johnston Professor of Political Science and Director of the Western Hemisphere Program at the Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. until 2018. He is now Professor and Director Emeritus of Latin American Studies Program at Johns Hopkins SAIS.
