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FUNAG launches book about the evolution of Itamaraty and the diplomatic career
The Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation publishes the book Democracy, Diplomats and Foreign Policy: Aspects of the Itamaraty Institutionalization Process, by Professor and Researcher Zairo Borges Cheibub.
The purpose of the author is to highlight the fact that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reached a high level of institutionalization due to a gradual process of bureaucratization and rationalization of the diplomatic career, resulting in a degree of autonomy of the organizational structure. These characteristics give Itamaraty, in the author’s view, its own interests and the necessary stability to maintain a continuity in foreign policy.
The author presents a historical analysis of the MRE's trajectory from the Independence period to the 1980s, underlining the main points of change in the evolution of the institution and the diplomatic career.
The book is available for free in FUNAG's digital library and for purchase in our Virtual Store.