Brazilian State

Debate and Agenda
Herausgeber: Font, Mauricio; Randall, Laura

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Produktbeschreibung

The Brazilian State: Debate and Agenda examines the centralizing legacies of the Vargas Era (1930-1945) through the Lula Government. The volume opens with a discussion of Brazil's experience with statism since the Vargas Era and continues with a study of liberalizing reforms since the early 1990s, and trends since 2006.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9780739186268
• ISBN-10: 0739186264
• Artikelnr.: 38538570

Autorenporträt

Editors: Mauricio A. Font is professor of sociology at the Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New York, where he is also director of the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies. Laura Randall is the author of Factors Affecting Learning and Cost Effective Schooling in Latin America, and of The Political Economy of Brazilian Oil. Janaina Saad is a research associate at the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies. Contributors: Monica Arruda de Almeida, Glauco Arbix, Leslie Elliott Armijo, Renato Boschi, John F. Collins, David Fleischer, Mauricio Font, Christine Gustafson, Elaine da Silveira Leite, Maria Rita Loureiro, Lia Zanotta Machado, Ana Cristina Braga Martes, Scott B. Martin, João Paulo M. Peixoto, Cecília Olivieri, Laura Randall, Eiiti Sato, José Roberto Ferreira Savoia, Fernando Sotelino, J. Ricardo Tranjan, Thomas J. Trebat

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Approaches, Actors, and Dynamics
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Brazilian State Since Vargas
Chapter 3. State Developmentalism: Continuity and Uncertainty
Chapter 4. New Directions in Public Policy and State-Society Relations
Chapter 5. Crisis and Beyond: Responses and Prospects
Chapter 6. Bureaucrats, Parties, and Interest Groups
Chapter 7. Political Reform: A "Never-Ending Story"
Chapter 8. Civil Society Discourses and Practices in Porto Alegre
Part II: Social and Cultural Dimensions
Chapter 9. Pension Reform in Brazil: Addressing a Social Pact
Chapter 10. Feminism, the State, and Gender Equality
Chapter 11. Nation-State Consolidation and Cultural Patrimony
Part III: Financial Crisis and Response
Chapter 12. The Financial Services Industry
Chapter 13. Regulation and Compliance: Anti-Money Laundering
Chapter 14. Financialization, Crisis, and a "New" Mania in Brazil
Part IV: Shifting Global Relations
Chapter 15. Brazil and the Transatlantic Community
Chapter 16. Regional Integration: Political Uses of Energy Policy