Decadent Developmentalism

Decadent Developmentalism
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9781108842280
ISBN-13 : 1108842283
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Decadent Developmentalism by : Matthew M. Taylor

Complementarities between political and economic institutions have kept Brazil in a low-level economic equilibrium since 1985.

Brazilian Foreign Policy After the Cold War

Brazilian Foreign Policy After the Cold War
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 254
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105131761442
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Brazilian Foreign Policy After the Cold War by : Sean W. Burges

Since 1992 - the end of the Cold War - Brazil has been slowly and quietly carving a niche for itself in the international community: that is a regional leader in Latin America. How and why is the subject of Sean Burges' investigations.

Political Economy of Brazil

Political Economy of Brazil
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 9780230390102
ISBN-13 : 0230390102
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Political Economy of Brazil by : P. Arestis

This book assesses the performance of the first Lula government (2002-06) from different perspectives including economics, politics, history and social policy. While the focus is on Brazil, it also refers to the experiences of similar countries both for comparative purposes and for evidence of the success or otherwise of this 'new' era for Brazil.

Brazil as an Economic Superpower?

Brazil as an Economic Superpower?
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9780815703655
ISBN-13 : 0815703651
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Brazil as an Economic Superpower? by : Lael Brainard

In Brazil, the confluence of strong global demand for the country's major products, global successes for its major corporations, and steady results from its economic policies is building confidence and even reviving dreams of grandeza—the greatness that has proven elusive in the past. Even as the current economic crisis tempers expectations of the future, the trends identified in this book suggest that Brazil will continue its path toward becoming a leading economic power in the future. Once seen as an economic backwater, Brazil now occupies key niches in energy, agriculture, service industries, and even high technology. Yet Latin America's largest nation still struggles with endemic inequality issues and deep-seated ambivalence toward global economic integration. Scholars and policy practitioners from Brazil, the United States, and Europe recently gathered to investigate the present state and likely future of the Brazilian economy. This important volume is the timely result. In Brazil as an Economic Superpower? international authorities focus on five key topics: agribusiness, energy, trade, social investment, and multinational corporations. Their analyses and expertise provide not only a unique and authoritative picture of the Brazilian economy but also a useful lens through which to view the changing global economy as a whole.

Routledge Handbook of Brazilian Politics

Routledge Handbook of Brazilian Politics
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 788
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ISBN-10 : 9781134848287
ISBN-13 : 1134848285
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Routledge Handbook of Brazilian Politics by : Barry Ames

With contributions from leading international scholars, this Handbook offers the most rigorous and up-to-date analyses of virtually every aspect of Brazilian politics, including inequality, environmental politics, foreign policy, economic policy making, social policy, and human rights. The Handbook is divided into three major sections: Part 1 focuses on mass behavior, while Part 2 moves to representation, and Part 3 treats political economy and policy. The Handbook proffers five chapters on mass politics, focusing on corruption, participation, gender, race, and religion; three chapters on civil society, assessing social movements, grass-roots participation, and lobbying; seven chapters focusing on money and campaigns, federalism, retrospective voting, partisanship, ideology, the political right, and negative partisanship; five chapters on coalitional presidentialism, participatory institutions, judicial politics, and the political character of the bureaucracy, and eight chapters on inequality, the environment, foreign policy, economic and industrial policy, social programs, and human rights. This Handbook is an essential resource for students, researchers, and all those looking to understand contemporary Brazilian politics.

The Political Economy of Lula's Brazil

The Political Economy of Lula's Brazil
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 0367591456
ISBN-13 : 9780367591458
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis The Political Economy of Lula's Brazil by : Pedro Chadarevian

The Political Economy of Lula's Brazil describes the social, political and economic transformations that led to increased interest in the tropical giant at the start of the 21st century. This volume demonstrates that Brazil's rise was the result of the adoption of heterodox economic policies, while also highlighting the obstacles to choosing an egalitarian development path in Latin America. Adopting an innovative perspective in terms of methodology and interpretation, contributors from Brazil, Latin America and France follow a non-dogmatic critical approach in order to explain the institutional changes that made a new cycle of development possible in Brazil. The authors also argue that the evolution of Brazil, following the implementation of leftist policies, paradoxically gave birth to several economic, political and environmental contradictions. They contend that these contradictions, including the falling rate of profit linked to the full employment of resources; the redistributive process seen as a menace by the conservative middle classes; and the growing intervention of the state in the different markets, eventually led to the end of the early 21st century development cycle. Providing clues to understanding the contradictory and painful path towards the development of semi-industrialised countries, this book will interest students and academics in the fields of economics, sociology, history and political science. The story it tells may also interest all those searching for independent analysis of the successes and failures of Lula's Brazil.

Power and Impotence

Power and Impotence
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 359
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ISBN-10 : 9789004419056
ISBN-13 : 9004419055
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Power and Impotence by : Fabio Luis Barbosa dos Santos

Fabio Luis Barbosa dos Santos delves into the history of South America to understand the rise and fall of the so-called 'progressive governments'. In the wake of mobilizations against neoliberalism in the 1990s, most countries elected presidents identified with change. However, less than twenty years after Hugo Chávez's victory, this trend seems to be reversed. The times of Lula are now Bolsonaro's. What happened? Supported by an extensive bibliography and hundreds of interviews, the author addresses each South American country, including those who did not elect progressives, in addition to Cuba. The national focus is enriched by an analysis of regional integration attempts, providing a detailed and necessary recent history of the subcontinent. Originally published in Portuguese as Uma história da onda progressista sul-americana (1998-2016) by Elefante, São Paulo, 2018. Fabio Luis Barbosa dos Santos mergulha na história da América do Sul para compreender a ascensão e queda dos chamados ‘governos progressistas’. Na esteira de mobilizações contra o neoliberalismo nos anos 1990, a maioria dos países da região elegeu presidentes identificados com a mudança. Contudo, menos de vinte anos depois da vitória de Hugo Chávez, essa onda chega ao fim. Os tempos de Lula agora são de Bolsonaro. O que aconteceu? Apoiado em extensa bibliografia e centenas de entrevistas, o autor aborda cada país, inclusive os que não elegeram progressistas, além de Cuba. O enfoque nacional é enriquecido por uma análise das tentativas de integração regional, oferecendo uma detalhada e necessária história recente do subcontinente.

Political Economies of Energy Transition

Political Economies of Energy Transition
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 295
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ISBN-10 : 9781108843843
ISBN-13 : 1108843840
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Political Economies of Energy Transition by : Kathryn Hochstetler

Shows that economic concerns about jobs, costs, and consumption, rather than climate change, are likely to drive energy transition in developing countries.

Brazil under Lula

Brazil under Lula
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 323
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ISBN-10 : 9780230618374
ISBN-13 : 0230618375
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Brazil under Lula by : J. Love

This book offers the first multidisciplinary analysis of the impact of the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Workers' Party on Brazilian economy and society, as he begins his second four-year term.