Brazil 1960-1990 - Structures of Power and Processes of Change

The book examines the social and economic conditions at the time the military came to power in Brazil and implanted an economic model for rapid development, which resulted in drastic changes in the lives of millions of people with the severe increase of hunger and poverty.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Theoretical Approach to the Study of Structures of Power and Processes of Change: Approach: The Systems Perspective Chapter 5 Food Insecurity in Brazil: Food and Agricultural Policies and Social Reaction During the 1964-1985 Military Regime: Historical Background: Factors that Influenced the Formulation of Food and Agricultural Policies; Impact of Food and Agricultural Pol Chapter 6 Conclusion Chapter 7 References Chapter 8 Index

About the author

Sofia Friedman earned a Ph.D. in International Studies, Fairfax University, United Kingdom.

Product details

• Authors: Sofia Friedman, Friedman Sofia
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.2003
• EAN: 9780761825456
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-2545-6
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 228 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 213 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Brazil, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, REFERENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, International Relations, Political Economy, Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects, Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects