| ID | 079689 |
| Title Proper | Building a global southern coalition |
| Other Title Information | the competing approaches of Brazil's Lula and Venezuela's Chávez |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Burges, Sean W |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper will set out the two very different regional leadership strategies being pursued by Brazil and Venezuela, concluding that it is the Brazilian neo-structuralist vision that will have more success than the Venezuelan overseas development aid approach. The two different approaches to Latin American leadership point to a substantive difference in how the regional system should operate in geopolitical and geo-economic terms, with the Brazilians favouring a market-oriented system in opposition to Venezuela's statist option. Contestation for regional leadership as set out in the article emerges as an early indicator of a chilling of relations between Brazil and Venezuela and points to a future scenario where other regional states may be able to play off contending would-be leaders. |
| `In' analytical Note | Third World Quaterly Vol. 28, No.7; 2007: p1343-1358 |
| Journal Source | Third World Quaterly Vol. 28, No.7; 2007: p1343-1358 |
| Key Words | Latin America ; Brazil ; Venezuela |