Brazil In Transition

Author : Lee J. Alston,Marcus André Melo,Bernardo Mueller,Carlos Pereira
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691162911

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Brazil in Transition by Lee J. Alston,Marcus André Melo,Bernardo Mueller,Carlos Pereira Pdf

Brazil is the world's sixth-largest economy, and for the first three-quarters of the twentieth century was one of the fastest-growing countries in the world. While the country underwent two decades of unrelenting decline from 1975 to 1994, the economy has rebounded dramatically. How did this nation become an emerging power? Brazil in Transition looks at the factors behind why this particular country has successfully progressed up the economic development ladder. The authors examine the roles of beliefs, leadership, and institutions in the elusive, critical transition to sustainable development. Analyzing the last fifty years of Brazil's history, the authors explain how the nation's beliefs, centered on social inclusion yet bound by orthodox economic policies, led to institutions that altered economic, political, and social outcomes. Brazil's growth and inflation became less variable, the rule of law strengthened, politics became more open and competitive, and poverty and inequality declined. While these changes have led to a remarkable economic transformation, there have also been economic distortions and inefficiencies that the authors argue are part of the development process. Brazil in Transition demonstrates how a dynamic nation seized windows of opportunity to become a more equal, prosperous, and rules-based society.

Author : Robert G. Wesson,David V. Fleischer
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001990923

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Brazil in Transition by Robert G. Wesson,David V. Fleischer Pdf

Author : Raymond S. Sayers
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1968-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816658664

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Portugal and Brazil in Transition by Raymond S. Sayers Pdf

Portugal and Brazil in Transition was first published in 1968. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Through a series of essays on various aspects of Portuguese and Brazilian culture, this book presents an enlightening picture of contemporary civilization in the two countries and a forecast of what the next twenty years or so may bring. The authors discuss subjects in such basic fields as literature, linguistics, history, the social sciences, geography, the fine arts, music, and natural science. Taken as a whole, the contents demonstrate the logic of organizing a volume not around a geographical concept but, rather, around a historical concept, in this case "the world the Portuguese created," as Gilberto Freyre described it. The essays are based on papers that were given at the Sixth International Colloquium of Luso-Brazilian Studies, held in the United States in 1966. In addition to the essays, the book contains the text of comments and discussion about the papers. There are twenty-seven major essays by as many contributors and comments by a number of discussants.

Author : Kathryn Hochstetler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108843843

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Political Economies of Energy Transition by Kathryn Hochstetler Pdf

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

Author : Sonia E. Alvarez
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400828425

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Engendering Democracy in Brazil by Sonia E. Alvarez Pdf

Brazil has the tragic distinction of having endured the longest military-authoritarian regime in South America. Yet the country is distinctive for another reason: in the 1970s and 1980s it witnessed the emergence and development of perhaps the largest, most diverse, most radical, and most successful women's movement in contemporary Latin America. This book tells the compelling story of the rise of progressive women's movements amidst the climate of political repression and economic crisis enveloping Brazil in the 1970s, and it devotes particular attention to the gender politics of the final stages of regime transition in the 1980s. Situating Brazil in a comparative theoretical framework, the author analyzes the relationship between nonrevolutionary political change and changes in women's consciousness and mobilization. Her engaging analysis of the potentialities for promoting social justice and transforming relations of inequality for women and men in Latin America and elsewhere in the Third World makes this book essential reading for all students and teachers of Latin American politics, comparative social movements and public policy, and women's studies and feminist political theory.

Author : Alfredo Saad-Filho,Lecio Morais
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Brazil
ISBN : 0745336752

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Brazil by Alfredo Saad-Filho,Lecio Morais Pdf

A political analysis of the paradox of modern-day Brazil, charting the political transition from military rule to democracy, and to neoliberalism.

Author : Alfred C. Stepan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172109214890

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Democratizing Brazil by Alfred C. Stepan Pdf

Author : Lawrence S. Graham,Robert H. Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0598029966

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The Political Economy of Brazil by Lawrence S. Graham,Robert H. Wilson Pdf

Author : Lawrence Graham,Robert H. Wilson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292773035

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The Political Economy of Brazil by Lawrence Graham,Robert H. Wilson Pdf

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.

Author : Edmar Lisboa Bacha,Herbert S. Klein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Brazil
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173013760249

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Social Change in Brazil, 1945-1985 by Edmar Lisboa Bacha,Herbert S. Klein Pdf

Author : Viola Eduardo,Matías Franchini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351589703

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Brazil and Climate Change by Viola Eduardo,Matías Franchini Pdf

Climate change is increasingly a part of the human experience. As the problem worsens, the cooperative dilemma that the issue carries has become evident: climate change is a complex problem that systematically gets insufficient answers from the international system. This book offers an assessment of Brazil’s role in the global political economy of climate change. The authors, Eduardo Viola and Matías Franchini expertly review and answer the most common and widely cited questions on whether and in which way Brazil is aggravating or mitigating the climate crisis, including:?Is it the benign, cooperative, environmental power that the Brazilian government claims it is? Why was it possible to dramatically reduce deforestation in the Amazon (2005-2010) and, more recently, was there a partial reversion?? The book provides an accessible—and much needed—introduction to all those studying the challenges of the international system in the Anthropocene. Through a thorough analysis of Brazil in perspective vis a vis other emerging countries, this book provides an engaging introduction and up to date assessment of the climate reality of Brazil and a framework to analyze the climate performance of major economies, both on emission trajectory and policy profile: the climate commitment approach. Brazil and Climate Change is essential reading for all students of Environmental Studies, Latin American Studies, International Relations and Comparative Politics.

Author : Alfred C. Stepan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691219639

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Rethinking Military Politics by Alfred C. Stepan Pdf

The last four years have seen a remarkable resurgence of democracy in the Southern Cone of the Americas. Military regimes have been replaced in Argentina (1983), Uruguay (1985), and Brazil (1985). Despite great interest in these new democracies, the role of the military in the process of transition has been under-theorized and under-researched. Alfred Stepan, one of the best-known analysts of the military in politics, examines some of the reasons for this neglect and takes a new look at themes raised in his earlier work on the state, the breakdown of democracy, and the military. The reader of this book will gain a fresh understanding of new democracies and democratic movements throughout the world and their attempts to understand and control the military. An earlier version of this book has been a controversial best seller in Brazil. To examine the Brazilian case, the author uses a variety of new archival material and interviews, with comparative data from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Spain. Brazilian military leaders had consolidated their hold on governmental power by strengthening the military-crafted intelligence services, but they eventually found these same intelligence systems to be a formidable threat. Professor Stepan explains how redemocratization occurred as the military reached into the civil sector for allies in its struggle against the growing influence of the intelligence community. He also explores dissension within the military and the continuing conflicts between the military and the civilian government.

Author : Drielli Peyerl,Stefania Relva,Vinícius Da Silva
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3031210328

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Energy Transition in Brazil by Drielli Peyerl,Stefania Relva,Vinícius Da Silva Pdf

The book's objective is to present the energy transition process in Brazil over time and offer new perspectives on this process in the eyes of a sustainable future. The book unfolds over 15 chapters covering historical, geopolitical, technological, and economical aspects, as well as aspects conceptually familiar to the energy transition such as public perception, low-carbon technologies, digitalization, Sustainable Development Goals, and even recent topics such as the pandemic of COVID-19. The Brazilian electricity and transport sectors and climate change governance are the main focus of this book. The paths taken throughout this book demonstrate the particularities of Brazil and present this country in a unique and differentiated way in terms of the various approaches to the energy transition. It is a book that brings a multidisciplinary, innovative vision and information published for the first time.

Author : Herbert S. Klein,Francisco Vidal Luna
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108473095

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Feeding the World by Herbert S. Klein,Francisco Vidal Luna Pdf

Feeding the World documents the emergence of Brazil as an agricultural powerhouse during the second half of the twentieth century.

Author : John D Wirth,Edson De Oliveria Nunes,Thomas Bogenschild
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000241112

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State And Society In Brazil by John D Wirth,Edson De Oliveria Nunes,Thomas Bogenschild Pdf

This volume grew out of a conference series sponsored jointly by the Stanford-Berkeley Joint Center for Latin American Studies and the Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro (IUPERJ). Entitled "Opportunities and Constraints in Peripheral Industrial Society: The Case of Brazil," the first conference was held in Nova Friburgo in July 1983 and was followed up by another at Berkeley in late January 1984. In the course of our discussions, the subject matter widened so that a new title was chosen for this book. Also,in the interim, as Brazil made the transition to democracy and returned to economic growth, many topics on the agenda for the 1980s emerged in clearer focus, so that the chapters have all been sharpened and upgraded. In the division of labor that produced this book, Nunes coordinated the project at Berkeley and in Brazil, while Wirth and Bogenschild did the editing.