State and Opposition in Military Brazil

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.

List of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Part I. The Doctrine of National Security and Development
  • Introduction: Dependency and the National Security State
  • 1. The Doctrine of National Security and Development
• Part II. The First Stage of Institutionalization, 1964–1968
  • 2. The Foundations of the National Security State
  • 3. Building New Control Mechanisms: Institutional Act No. 2
  • 4. Constitutional Reform and the Institutionalization of the New State
  • 5. Liberalization, Opposition, and State Crisis: Institutional Act No. 5
• Part III. The Second Stage of Institutionalization, 1969–1974
  • 6. Armed Struggle and the National Security State
• Part IV. The Third Stage of Institutionalization, 1974–1983
  • 7. The Geisel Government: Decompression
  • 8. The Abertura Period
• Conclusion: The Opposition and the State in Perspective
• Appendix
• Abbreviations
• Notes
• Index




About the author












Maria Helena Moreira Alves comes from a family with a long tradition of activism in Brazilian opposition politics.




Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Helena Moreira Alves
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1985
• EAN: 9780292776173
• ISBN: 978-0-292-77617-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series; LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series; Llilas Latin American Monograp
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas