title: Em busca de prestígio internacional? : a política externa brasileira para obtenção de assentos permanentes na Liga das Nações e na ONU (1921-1926;1994-2010)
abstract: This dissertation aims to analyze and compare the Brazilian initiatives in favor of gaining permanent seats in the bodies responsible for international peace and security at the extinct League of Nations (LN) and at the current United Nations (UN). To accomplish this historical comparative analysis, the speeches of the Brazilian government that provided substance to the campaign were studied, as weel as the internal, external, regional and global contexts of the two historical moments in which t