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Description
Offering a systematic, critical analysis of the presidency of Fernando Cardoso, this ambitious case study assesses government policies within the framework of the 'new economic model' of globalization and structural adjustment. Petras and Veltmeyer argue that Cardoso paved the way for what amounted to the takeover of a large and important part of Brazil's economy by foreign investors. The authors discuss the neoliberal model of capitalist development, the privatization of key sectors and enterprises, the human cost of structural adjustment, and the search for a community-based form of local development. The crisis in agriculture and the dynamic responses of the country's rural landless workers precipitated the rise of Brazil's populist new president, Lula, whom the authors charge has started down the same path as his predecessor.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2: Capital Moves In
Chapter 3: The Offensive against Labor
Chapter 4: Participatory Local Development
Chapter 5: The Agricultural Crisis
Chapter 6: The Politics of Agrarian Reform
Chapter 7: The Electoral Politics Trap
Chapter 8: Brazil After Cardoso
Product details
Published | 30 Sep 2003 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 158 |
ISBN | 9780742526310 |
Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Dimensions | 229 x 151 mm |
Series | Critical Currents in Latin American Perspective Series |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Well-written. This reflective book should appeal to academic and general readers equally. Recommended.
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