The Political Economy of Brazil : Public Policies in an Era of Transition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Lawrence.

Contributor:

Wilson, Robert H.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 pages)

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : University of Texas Press, 1990.

Summary:

The transition from authoritarian to democratic government in Brazil unleashed profound changes in government and society that cannot be adequately understood from any single theoretical perspective. The great need, say Graham and Wilson, is a holistic vision of what occurred in Brazil, one that opens political and economic analysis to new vistas. This need is answered in The Political Economy of Brazil, a groundbreaking study of late twentieth-century Brazilian issues from a policy perspective. The book was an outgrowth of a year-long policy research project undertaken jointly by the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, both at the University of Texas at Austin. In this book, several noted scholars focus on specific issues central to an understanding of the political and economic choices that were under debate in Brazil. Their findings reveal that for Brazil the break with the past—the authoritarian regime—could not be complete due to economic choices made in the 1960s and 1970s, and also the way in which economic resources committed at that time locked the government into a relatively limited number of options in balancing external and internal pressures. These conclusions will be important for everyone working in Latin American and Third World development.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

Contributors

Section 1: The Institutional and Historical Setting

2. Dilemmas for Democracy in Brazil

3. Local and State Government in the Nova República: Intergovernmental Relations in Light of the Brazilian Political Transition

Section 2: Economic Policy and Development Issues

4. Brazil's Rocky Economic Road to Democracy

5. The Political Economy of Export Promotion in Brazil

6. Colonization and Conflict: Frontier Expansion in the Brazilian Amazon

Section 3: Social Policy and Social Issues

7. Social Policy and Democratic Consolidation in Brazil

8. Health Policy in Brazil: The State's Response to C

9. National Housing Policy and the Favela in Brazil

10. The Growth of Cities and National Urban Policy in Brazil

Section 4: The Role of the Parties and the Labor Movement in the Polity and the Economy

11. The Constituent Assembly and the Transformation Strategy: Attempts to Shift Frontmatter

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Part One. The Early Years, 1899–1936

Chapter 1. Early Influences

Chapter 2. Emerging into Manhood

Chapter 3. Forging the Steel

Chapter 4. Turning Points

Part Two. The Department of Justice Years, 1937–1949

Chapter 5. Some Disruptive Years

Chapter 6. His Greatest Mistake

Chapter 7. Beyond the Goal

Chapter 8. The President’s Lawyer

Chapter 9. Juvenile Delinquency and the Freedom Train

Chapter 10. Civil Rights: Opening a New Era

Chapter 11. Cold War Fever: National Security versus Individual Freedom

Chapter 12. The 1948 Presidential Election

Part Three.The Supreme Court Years, 1949–1967

Chapter 13.A Controversial Appointment

Chapter 14.A Period of Adjustment

Chapter 15. Investigation Mania

Chapter 16.A Delicate Balance

Chapter 17.The Brown Decision and Civil Rights

Chapter 18. Some Troublesome Issues

ChapterPolitical Power in Brazil from the Presidency to Congress

12. Organized Labor in Brazil

13. Conclusion. Public Policy and Political Transition: A New Direction for Brazil?

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-292-77302-1

OCLC:

1309042263