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Go global or go home: comparing the regional vs. global engagement of Brazil and South Africa at the UN General Assembly

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Resumo:Brazil and South Africa have long been regarded as archetypical regional powers, commanding more resources than their neighbours, spearheading regional projects and pursuing high-profile global status. Yet, recent years have also evidenced how the engagement with their regions and acceptance as leading players is often ambiguous and incomplete. How does one ascertain that a regional power privileges either the regional or the global stage? Through an original dataset of Brazilian and South African output at the UN General Assembly between 1994 and 2013, we monitor sponsorship patterns and thematic preferences in order to verify whether these countries indulged their regional partners and topics. Our findings suggest that Brazil and South Africa favoured their immediate neighbourhoods but have gradually engaged their regions in different ways: while Brazilian emphasis on regional peers and themes declined over the years, South Africa developed an increasingly more regionalised UNGA agenda.
Autores principais:Mesquita, R.
Outros Autores:Seabra, P.
Assunto:Brazil South Africa UN General Assembly Regional powers
Ano:2020
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:ISCTE
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Repositório ISCTE
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description Brazil and South Africa have long been regarded as archetypical regional powers, commanding more resources than their neighbours, spearheading regional projects and pursuing high-profile global status. Yet, recent years have also evidenced how the engagement with their regions and acceptance as leading players is often ambiguous and incomplete. How does one ascertain that a regional power privileges either the regional or the global stage? Through an original dataset of Brazilian and South African output at the UN General Assembly between 1994 and 2013, we monitor sponsorship patterns and thematic preferences in order to verify whether these countries indulged their regional partners and topics. Our findings suggest that Brazil and South Africa favoured their immediate neighbourhoods but have gradually engaged their regions in different ways: while Brazilian emphasis on regional peers and themes declined over the years, South Africa developed an increasingly more regionalised UNGA agenda.
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South Africa
UN General Assembly
Regional powers
title Go global or go home: comparing the regional vs. global engagement of Brazil and South Africa at the UN General Assembly
title_full Go global or go home: comparing the regional vs. global engagement of Brazil and South Africa at the UN General Assembly
title_fullStr Go global or go home: comparing the regional vs. global engagement of Brazil and South Africa at the UN General Assembly
title_full_unstemmed Go global or go home: comparing the regional vs. global engagement of Brazil and South Africa at the UN General Assembly
title_short Go global or go home: comparing the regional vs. global engagement of Brazil and South Africa at the UN General Assembly
title_sort Go global or go home: comparing the regional vs. global engagement of Brazil and South Africa at the UN General Assembly
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South Africa
UN General Assembly
Regional powers
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