Transforming Brazil - A Reform Era in Perspective

This book re-examines the relationship between development strategy and political regime in twentieth-century Brazil. The first part of the study examines the beginning in the 1920s and 1930s of the centralized regime and state-centered development model later challenged in the 1980s, taking into account the economic and political role of Sao Paulo relative to the federal government. The analysis provides a distinctive account of the regime ruling Brazil from the 1930s through the 1980s. The second part focuses on the process of economic and political change in the 1980s and 1990s, paying particular attention to the Cardoso administration.

List of contents

Chapter 1 A Reform Era in Perspective Chapter 2 From Stabilization to Economic Liberalization Chapter 3 State in Transition Chapter 4 Social Development and Collective Action Chapter 5 Elites and Reform Chapter 6 Toward a New Development Strategy Chapter 7 Democracy, Realignment, and Reform Chapter 8 Appendix A Stabilization Plans after 1985 9 Appendix B Fiscal Adjustment Packages 10 Appendix C Planning and Social Development 11 Appendix D Statistical Trends 12 Appendix E Regional Differences

About the author

Mauricio A. Font is professor of sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York.

Product details

• Authors: Mauricio Font, Mauricio A Font, Mauricio A. Font, Font Mauricio A.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2003
• EAN: 9780847683550
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8355-0
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 381 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Brazil, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, Politics and government, History of the Americas, Development Studies