ABSTRACT

Scholarship on international norms has devoted growing attention to emerging powers, often portrayed as norm-shapers, i.e. actors engaged in the development of international normative standards aiming to adjust their contents and modes of application. Several studies have investigated these countries’ performance regarding a particular norm: Responsibility to Protect (R2P). This article aims to systematically unwrap Brazil's behaviour as a norm-shaper by tracing the guidelines employed by Brazilian diplomacy to shape elements of R2P. This study relies on Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA) in order to map the attributes and the normative prescriptions found in statements at the United Nations, identifying the characteristic markers of this behaviour. We conclude that, though sovereignty is a ground principle of its foreign policy, Brazil tends to be moderate when addressing the issue. Nonetheless, the latter is upheld in a systematic albeit indirect manner in the Brazilian statements.

摘要

关于国际规范的学术研究越来越关注新兴力量，它们通常被描述为规范塑造者，即参与制定国际规范标准的行为者，旨在调整其内容和应用模式。多项研究调查了这些国家在特定规范方面的表现：保护责任 (R2P)。本文旨在通过追踪巴西外交用来塑造 R2P 要素的指导方针，系统地揭示巴西作为规范塑造者的行为。本研究依靠定性内容分析 (QCA) 来绘制联合国声明中的属性和规范规定，确定这种行为的特征标记。我们的结论是，虽然主权是其外交政策的基本原则，巴西在处理这个问题时往往是温和的。尽管如此，后者在巴西的声明中得到了系统的支持，尽管是间接的。