Dados is one of the most widely-read social sciences journals in Latin America. Created in 1966, it publishes innovative works, originating from academic research, by Brazilian and foreign authors. Edited by IESP-UERJ, it aims to reconcile scientific rigor and academic excellence with an emphasis on public debate based on the analysis of substantive issues of society and politics.
Dados vol. 28 n. 1 Rio de Janeiro 1985
Abstract
This paper argues that the Foreign Office (ltamaraty) and diplomats as a professional group have been progressively fortified during the course of Brazilian history. This development is due, on the one hand, to certain aspects proper to the formation process of the Brazilian national State and, on the other, to factors related both to diplomacy and to the evolution of Itamaraty as an institution. Consequently; the writer's aim is to provide a historical analysis of the intertwining of these two sets of factors, while seeking to identify the trends and processes that generated contemporary ltamaraty and that synthesize the evolution of the Foreign Office. The era chosen for study was divided into three distinct periods which, in some way, reflect the principal line of evolution followed by the process under scrutiny, namely, the bureaucratization and institutionalization of Itamaraty. These are the Patrimonial Period (ranging from 1822 until the turn of the century); the Charismatic Period (encompassing the early years of the 20th century); and the Rational-Bureaucratic Period (extending from the end of the first decade of the 1900s to the present). Memoirs, biographies, laws, and personal and public documents went into the study of each period, permitting the author to capture the essential traits of each historical event.
Diplomacia e Construção Nacional: O Itamaraty em uma Perspectiva Histórica
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