The Political Economy of Brazil : : Public Policies in an Era of Transition / / ed. by Robert H. Wilson, Lawrence Graham.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Atwood, Angela,; Baer, Werner,; Castro, Maria,; Clements, Benedict,; Faria, Vilmar,; Fleischer, David,; Graham, Lawrence,; Graham, Richard,; Hall, Anne,; Lewandowski, Enrique,; McClain, Scott,; Ramsdell, Lea,; Schlecht, Neil,; Swavely, Peter,; Wilson, Robert,
• HerausgeberIn: Graham, Lawrence,; Wilson, Robert H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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.

Table of 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 -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 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