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Title Democratic Brazil revisited / edited by Peter R. Kingstone and Timothy J. Power
Published Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2008]
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Description 1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations
Series Pitt Latin American series
Pitt Latin American series.
University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions PPiU
University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections PPiU
Contents Introduction / Peter R. Kingstone and Timothy J. Power -- pt. I. Workers' Party in power. Partido dos Trabalhadores : still a party of the left? / Wendy Hunter -- Organized Civil Society in Lula's Brazil / Kathryn Hochstetler -- pt. II. Institutional debate in Brazil. Political institutions and governability from FHC to Lula / Fabiano Santos and Márcio Grijó Vilarouca -- Centering democracy? Ideological cleavages and convergence in the Brazilian political class / Timothy J. Power -- Quality of elections in Brazil : policy, performance, pageantry, or pork? / Barry Ames, Andy Baker and Lucio R. Rennó -- pt. III. Policy challenges of an unequal society. Limits of economic reform in Brazil / Aline Diniz Amaral, Peter R. Kingstone and Jonathan Krieckhaus -- Unexpected successes, unanticipated failures : social policy from Cardoso to Lula / Marcus André Melo -- Public security, private interests, and police reform in Brazil / Anthony W. Pereira -- Afro-Brazilian politics : white supremacy, black struggle, and affirmative action / Ollie A. Johnson III -- pt. IV. Views of democracy from below -- Core values, education, and democracy : an empirical tour of DaMatta's Brazil / Alberto Carlos Almeida -- Redemocratization viewed from below : urban poverty and politics in Rio de Janeiro, 1968-2005 / Janice E. Perlman
Summary Despite the 2002 election of Lula and his Worker's Party, and their promises of reform--democracy in Brazil remains an enigma. While the country has seen renewed economic growth and progress in areas of health care and education, the gap between rich and poor remains vast. Rampant crime, racial inequality, and a pandemic lack of personal security taint the vision of progress. In this sequel to Democratic Brazil, editors Kingstone and Power have assembled a distinguished group of scholars to assess the impact of competitive politics on Brazilian government, institutions, economics, and society
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-325) and index
Notes English
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Subject Democracy -- Brazil
Political participation -- Brazil
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- Transport.
Democracy
Political participation
Politics and government
Demokratie
SUBJECT Brazil -- Politics and government -- 2003- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006000639
Subject Brazil
Brasilien
Form Electronic book
Author Kingstone, Peter R., 1964- editor.
Power, Timothy J. (Timothy Joseph), 1962- editor.
LC no. 2008030190
ISBN 9780822973478
0822973472