Charting new directions: Brazil's role in a multi-polar world

Brazil has successfully and peacefully managed the transition to a democratic polity, a stable economy and an increasingly middle class society. These transitions have been based on gradual and hybrid economic, and social and international policies, which defy easy categorisation. As the contributions to this publication make clear, the refusal to be bound by the constraints of a specific paradigm brought considerable achievements to Brazil, both at home and abroad. However, in order to consolidate and further its achievements, Brazil will need to complement its creative, but sometimes piecemeal, ad hoc policies with a bolder and more strategic approach. This publication analyses Brazil’s recent economic growth and development, rise and role in the world by focusing on three core issues: sustainable growth; social cohesion; and the international emergence of Brazil.