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State and opposition in military Brazil / by Maria Helena Moreira Alves.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alves, Maria Helena Moreira, 1944- author.
- Series:
- Latin American monographs (University of Texas at Austin. Institute of Latin American Studies) ; no. 63.
- Latin American monographs ; number 63
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brazil. Exército--Political activity.
- Brazil.
- National security--Brazil.
- National security.
- Government, Resistance to--Brazil--History--20th century.
- Government, Resistance to.
- Brazil--Politics and government--1964-1985.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, [1985]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Based on extensive research into opposition and government documents, including the previously unavailable Manual Básico da Escola de Guerra, Maria Helena Moreira Alves provides a rich description of the long and tortuous attempt by the Brazilian military government to create a workable “national security state” in the face of determined and resilient opposition. She interviewed more than one hundred key figures in government, the military, business, professional associations, the Catholic church, grassroots organizations, and trade unions in order to analyze politically and historically the relationship between civil society and government structures in Brazil during the years 1964–1983. Her study charts the rise and subsequent decline of the military government’s power, concluding with a discussion of the abertura policy instituted under General João Batista Figueiredo.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Appendix
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Part I. The Doctrine of National Security and Development
- Part II. The First Stage of Institutionalization, 1964-1968
- Part III. The Second Stage of Institutionalization, 1969-1974
- Conclusion: The Opposition and the State in Perspective
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-292-76138-4
- OCLC:
- 1286807294
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