Abstract

PEREYRA-DOVAL, Gisela. The Formation of the Brazilian State and the Uses of its Foreign Policy in the Light of the Process of Identity Construction: Definition of Key Situations. Civilizar [online]. 2013, vol.13, n.25, pp.49-66. ISSN 1657-8953.

Depending on its construction of identity, a State defines key situations. The aim of this paper is to analyze those milestones in the process of identity construction in Brazil, which caused its early differentiation from other Latin American countries. Consequently, we divide it into four sections. The first explains the differentiating aspect of identity. The second analyzes the process of independence. The third makes the difference from consolidation process of the national space, also going through the development process of this space. Finally, the Brazilian option is described as being closer to the United States as a reference center while it left the European area.

Keywords : Brazil; foreign policy; identity; key situations.

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