04026nam 2200481 450 991082419930332120230124193959.01-62637-569-010.1515/9781626375697(CKB)3710000001051313(MiAaPQ)EBC4800121(DE-B1597)623163(DE-B1597)9781626375697(OCoLC)1312726896(EXLCZ)99371000000105131320170219h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe political construction of Brazil society, economy, and state since independence /by Luiz Carlos Bresser-PereiraLondon, [England] :Lynne Rienner Publishers,2017.©20171 online resource (429 pages) illustrations, tables1-62637-307-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Brazil: A History of Long Cycles and Short Political Pacts -- 2 Colonial Constraints: Why Brazil Was Left Behind -- Part 1. The First Cycle: The State and Territorial Integration -- 3 For Reasons of State: Territorial Integration -- 4 Herding Oligarchs: Empire, Constitutionalism, and Federalism -- 5 The First Republic: Prerequisite to Brazil’s Capitalist Revolution -- Part 2. The Second Cycle: The Nation and Development -- 6 Igniting Capitalism: The Profitable Revolution of 1930 -- 7 Imperialism and Industrialization: The 1930 National-Popular Pact -- 8 Crisis, Coup, and Democracy: Resuming Developmentalism After 1945 -- 9 Coffee, Cold War, and Coup (Again): The End of the National-Popular Pact -- 10 The Crisis of the 1960s: Inflation and the Emergence of Popular Participation -- 11 The Military in Power: The Authoritarian-Modernizing Pact -- 12 The Logic of Domination: The Limits of Dependency Theory -- 13 Neutralizing the Dutch Disease: Exporting Manufactured Goods -- 14 The Military in Office: Rise and Decline in the 1970s -- Part 3. The Third Cycle: Democracy and Social Justice -- 15 The Democratic-Popular Pact: The Bourgeoisie and the Working Class -- 16 The Lost Decade: Stagnation and Inertial Inflation in the 1980s -- 17 The Crisis of 1987: The Collapse of the Democratic-Popular Pact -- 18 From Elite to Social Democracy: The 1988 Constitution -- 19 Neoliberal Rule: Privatization and the 1991 Liberal-Dependent Pact -- 20 Tackling High Inflation: The Real Plan -- 21 Liberal Rhetoric: The Trap of Overvalued Exchange Rates and High Interest Rates -- 22 Lula, Dilma, and the Alienation of the Elites -- 23 The Pact that Never Was -- 24 The Quasi-Stagnation Since 1981 -- 25 Preference for Immediate Consumption and Loss of the Idea of Nation -- Part 4. Conclusion -- 26 Brazil’s Capitalist Revolution, Democracy ... and Then? -- Abbreviations -- References -- Index -- About the BookSpanning the period from the country’s independence in 1822 through mid-2016, Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira assesses the trajectory of Brazil's political, social, and economic development. Bresser-Pereira draws on his decades of first-hand experience to shed light on the many paradoxes that have characterized Brazil's polity, its society, and the relations between the two across nearly two centuries.POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin AmericanbisacshBrazilEconomic conditionsBrazilEconomic policyBrazilPolitics and governmentPOLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American.330.981Pereira Luiz Carlos Bresser142909MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824199303321The political construction of Brazil4011052UNINA