Cardoso's Brazil : a land for sale / James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petras, James F., 1937-

Contributor:

Veltmeyer, Henry.

Series:

Critical currents in Latin American perspective

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privatization--Brazil.

Privatization.

Brazil.

Investments, Foreign--Brazil.

Investments, Foreign.

Agriculture and state--Brazil.

Agriculture and state.

Brazil--Economic conditions--1985-.

Economic conditions.

Brazil--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Brazil--Politics and government--1985-2002.

Politics and government.

Brazil--Politics and government--2003-.

Physical Description:

viii, 143 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

Summary:

Offering a systematic, critical analysis of the presidency of Fernando Cardoso, this ambitious case study assesses government policies within the framework of the 'new economic model' of globalization and structural adjustment. Petras and Veltmeyer argue that Cardoso paved the way for what amounted to the takeover of a large and important part of Brazil's economy by foreign investors. The authors discuss the neoliberal model of capitalist development, the privatization of key sectors and enterprises, the human cost of structural adjustment, and the search for a community-based form of local development. The crisis in agriculture and the dynamic responses of the country's rural landless workers precipitated the rise of Brazil's populist new president, Lula, whom the authors charge has started down the same path as his predecessor.

Contents:

Making Brazil safe for capital

Capital moves in

The offensive against labor

Participatory local development

The agricultural crisis

The politics of agrarian reform

The electoral politics trap

Brazil after Cardoso.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-139) and index.

ISBN:

0742526305

0742526313

OCLC:

51855475