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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792180103321

Autore

Gomez Bruera Hernan F.

Titolo

Lula, the workers' party and the governability dilemma in Brazil / / Hernan F. Gomez Bruera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-05007-4

1-135-05008-2

0-203-49398-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in Latin American politics ; ; 7

Classificazione

POL000000POL015000POL016000

Disciplina

981

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General

Brazil Politics and government

Brazil Economic conditions

Brazil Social conditions

Brazil Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Before the Lula administration -- pt. 2. The Lula years.

Sommario/riassunto

<P>While scholars, activists and pundits from around the world have heralded the Lula years as a breakthrough for poverty reduction and the forthcoming emergence of Brazil as a dynamic economic superpower, many of their counterparts in the country as well as a number of Brazilianists elsewhere, have expressed great disappointment. </P><P></P><P>Tracing back the trajectory of Brazilian Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT), Hernán F. Gómez Bruera explores how holding national executive public office contributed decisively to a pragmatic shift away from the party's radical redistributi