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For decades, scholars and journalists have hailed the enormous potential of Brazil, which has been one of the world's largest economies for the last twenty years. But its promise has too often been curtailed by dictatorship, racism, poverty, and violence. Offering an interdisciplinary approach to the critical issues facing Brazil, the contributors to this volume analyze the democratization of the country's media, its nuclear capabilities, changing crime rates, the spread of Pentecostalism and indigenous religions, the development of popular culture, the growth of Brazilian agribusiness, and

Globalization --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Brazil --- History. --- Foreign relations --- Economic conditions. --- History --- Economic conditions --- Globalization - Brazil --- Brazil - History --- Brazil - Foreign relations - 20th century --- Brazil - Economic conditions