O papel semiperiférico do Brasil: uma análise do sistema-mundo da política de integração regional do governo Lula (2003-2010)

Abstract

Our research is part of the unconventional scope of the System-World Analysis based on the works of Fernand Braudel, Giovanni Arrighi and Immanuel Wallerstein. The period we will study is during the Lula Government (2003-2010), in its policy of regional integration in South America. The main objective of our research is to analyze the semiperipheral role of Brazil in the World-System. To this end, we analyze through case studies the relations between Brazil and the United States, and later the relations between Brazil and South America. With these relations, we observe an antagonistic cooperation between Brazil and the United States for South America in the perspective of the Center, Semiperiphery and Periphery of the World-System. With all this exposed, we can foment the Brazilian semiperipheral role in the South American subsystem.