Fernando Henrique Cardoso : : Reinventing Democracy in Brazil / / Ted G. Goertzel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Goertzel, Ted G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 p.)

Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s personal trajectory is unquestionably intertwined with the main intellectual and political debates in Brazil (and Latin America) in the second half of the twentieth century. Cardoso began his career struggling to apply Marxist ideas to political realities, and he continues to acknowledge the Marxist element that persists in his thinking. Nevertheless, since his election to Brazil’s presidency in 1994, he has been a vigorous advocate of free markets and privatization. Ted Goertzel traces Cardoso’s life and intellectual development, describing his childhood in a supportive political family, his university days and years in exile, his involvement in democratic politics in Brazil, and finally his remarkable record as president. An insightful illustration of one individual’s transition from the academy to politics and policymaking, Goertzel’s astute biography also provides an excellent overview of the issues that have occupied Brazil and the region for decades.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Born on a Catapult to Power, 1931-1964 -- 2 Exile, 1964-1968 -- 3 From Professor to Senator, 1969-1982 -- 4 Senator of the Republic, 1983-1992 -- 5 Taming Inflation and Winning the Presidency, 1992-1994 -- 6 The Intellectual in Power, 1994-1998 -- 7 Cardoso as an Applied Social Scientist -- Epilogue -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book