Dependence and autonomy in Brazil's foreign and technological policies, 1951-79

• Main Author: Demétrio Gaspari Cirne de Toledo
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados 2020-06-01
• Series: Monções
• Subjects: dependência tecnológica. autonomia. política externa.
• Online Access: https://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/index.php/moncoes/article/view/10066

This article examines a set of Brazilian foreign policies from the point of view of its connections with technological policies in the second Vargas government (1951-54) and the Kubitschek (1956-61) governments, Jânio Quadros e João Goulart (1961-4), Costa e Silva (1967-9), Medici (1969-74) and Geisel (1974-9). Starting with a discussion of the relationship between dependence and technological autonomy in the center-periphery relations of world capitalism, it investigates the convergences between foreign policy and technological policy. According to the hypothesis that moves this work, during that period the formulators of foreign and technological policies became increasingly aware of the relationship between technological autonomy and development, and sought to create synergies between both policies. The analysis of these two sets of policies makes it possible to understand the priorities and the real scope and constraints that one imposed on the other.