Democratizing Brazil: Problems of Transition and Consolidation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195051521 ISBN 13: 9780195051520

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1989

Synopsis

The peaceful transfer of power to a civilian president in Brazil in March 1985 marked the end of one of Latin America's most enduring and--until the economic crisis of the 1980s--economically dynamic military regimes. In this companion volume to the classic Authoritarian Brazil, a distinguished group of Brazilian and American scholars--Albert Fishlow, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and Thomas Skidmore among them--analyzes the tortuous, decade-long process, known as abertura, by which dictatorship gave way to civilian rule. As the first volume on Brazil to address the crucial theoretical and practical questions of both democratic transition and consolidation, Democratizing Brazil focuses specifically on the severe problems that the country now faces as a fledgling democracy.
Based on a wealth of information, the contributors provide a penetrating and comprehensive examination of the 1974-88 period in Brazilian history, exploring not only the larger political struggles between government and opposition but also the role played by economic policy, the debt crisis, and community-based movements led by the Church, neighborhood associations, women, and trade unions.

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About the Author

About the Editor:
Alfred Stepan is Professor of Political Science and Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is the author of several books, including Rethinking Military Politics: Brazil and the Southern Cone, and editor of Authoritarian Brazil: Origins, Policies, and Future.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195051521
• ISBN 13: 9780195051520
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424
• Editor: Stepan Alfred