Política externa e acumulação de capital: o Brasil e o Mercosul

Abstract

Brazilian foreign policy has been functional to the "tropical fordist" mode of development. Its strategies have changed three times since the begining of 20th Century. First, the alignment with the USA attracted investments of western industrial companies. Then, t h e so-called "responsible pragmatism" helped the last stage of industrial development in the 70s but f a i l ed in facing t h e crisis in t h e 80s. Now, t h e process of integration intends to find new horizons to "tropical fordism", attracting foreign investments and consolidating a common market in South America, the Mercosur.