Criticism of the concept of subimperialism: the South American dimension of Brazilian foreign policy and the limitations of dependentist analyzes

• Main Author: Tiago Soares Nogara
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados 2020-06-01
• Series: Monções
• Subjects: subimperialismo brasileiro. teoria marxista da dependência. integração sul-americana.
• Online Access: https://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/index.php/moncoes/article/view/10229

The article aims to analyze the concept of sub-imperialism, inherent to the Marxist Theory of Dependence (TMD), verifying its formulation, application and validity to conceptualize the South American dimension of Brazilian foreign policy throughout the Lula governments (2003-2010). The hypothesis of the work is that the concept has limitations to define the Brazilian international insertion, reproducing visions that it claims to challenge. In the first section, a theoretical review of the concept of sub-imperialism will be presented. Then, the main criticisms of Brazilian foreign policy based on the concept of sub-imperialism will be exposed. Finally, these criticisms will be opposed to the propositions of Brazilian foreign policy regarding regional integration and bilateral relations with South American countries.