The political construction of Brazil : society, economy, and state since independence / by Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pereira, Luiz Carlos Bresser, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brazil--Economic conditions.

Brazil.

Brazil--Economic policy.

Brazil--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (429 pages) : illustrations, tables

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

Spanning the period from the country’s independence in 1822 through mid-2016, Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira assesses the trajectory of Brazil's political, social, and economic development. Bresser-Pereira draws on his decades of first-hand experience to shed light on the many paradoxes that have characterized Brazil's polity, its society, and the relations between the two across nearly two centuries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Brazil: A History of Long Cycles and Short Political Pacts

2 Colonial Constraints: Why Brazil Was Left Behind

Part 1. The First Cycle: The State and Territorial Integration

3 For Reasons of State: Territorial Integration

4 Herding Oligarchs: Empire, Constitutionalism, and Federalism

5 The First Republic: Prerequisite to Brazil’s Capitalist Revolution

Part 2. The Second Cycle: The Nation and Development

6 Igniting Capitalism: The Profitable Revolution of 1930

7 Imperialism and Industrialization: The 1930 National-Popular Pact

8 Crisis, Coup, and Democracy: Resuming Developmentalism After 1945

9 Coffee, Cold War, and Coup (Again): The End of the National-Popular Pact

10 The Crisis of the 1960s: Inflation and the Emergence of Popular Participation

11 The Military in Power: The Authoritarian-Modernizing Pact

12 The Logic of Domination: The Limits of Dependency Theory

13 Neutralizing the Dutch Disease: Exporting Manufactured Goods

14 The Military in Office: Rise and Decline in the 1970s

Part 3. The Third Cycle: Democracy and Social Justice

15 The Democratic-Popular Pact: The Bourgeoisie and the Working Class

16 The Lost Decade: Stagnation and Inertial Inflation in the 1980s

17 The Crisis of 1987: The Collapse of the Democratic-Popular Pact

18 From Elite to Social Democracy: The 1988 Constitution

19 Neoliberal Rule: Privatization and the 1991 Liberal-Dependent Pact

20 Tackling High Inflation: The Real Plan

21 Liberal Rhetoric: The Trap of Overvalued Exchange Rates and High Interest Rates

22 Lula, Dilma, and the Alienation of the Elites

23 The Pact that Never Was

24 The Quasi-Stagnation Since 1981

25 Preference for Immediate Consumption and Loss of the Idea of Nation

Part 4. Conclusion

26 Brazil’s Capitalist Revolution, Democracy ... and Then?

Abbreviations

References

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-569-0

OCLC:

1312726896