The Participation of Brazil in the BRICS Group Constitutional Grounds

Abstract

The world has changed and individuals now face a new array of challenges. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, we are immersed in a society affected by a far-reaching phenomenology that confronts men, women and the State with issues that require attention and, above all, a new path for public policies and institutions, as well as the related legal framework. Indeed, the present context of globalization reveals the fragility and precariousness of traditional instruments, as the key issues that arise in this scenario, such as the demographic explosion, mass migration, overpopulated megacities, the preservation of the environment and the energy problem, are global in scale. Additionally, various other concerns, such as the need to change consumer habits, the new forms of delinquency that have produced organized crime on an international scale, international terrorism, the lack of political representation, the gap between the society and political parties and institutions that are already weakened, discredited and increasingly unsuited to fulfill their mission as a channel of communication with the government, are all evidence of the importance and scale of the issues that demand solutions and renewed action.