Política externa federativa: análise de ações internacionais de estados e municípios brasileiros

Abstract

The objective of the thesis is to analyze the federative foreign policy of Brazilian States and Cities in the light of the following hypothesis: that within the scope of their autonomy and notwithstanding existing national and international legal limitations, these federated units have been developing their own foreign policies. The phenomenon was investigated from the viewpoint of sub-national Brazilian governments, identifying three stages of federative foreign policy in Brazil: democratization, integration and globalization. Terminological aspects are discussed; subnational governments as international players and as the subjects of international law; three landmark cases in rue experience of Brazilian states: Rio de Janeiro (1983-1984); Rio Grande do Sul (1986-1988); and Amapá (1995-1998); the federative foreign policy of cities is analyzed in its global scope (1990-); the origins and objectives of federative diplomacy, and the proposal for the creation of federative attachés; discussion of federative foreign policy as a source of conflict in Brazil vis-à-vis cooperative and participative federalism