Democratic Brazil Divided (Pitt Latin American Series)

Synopsis

Introduction: A Fourth Decade Of Brazilian Democracy: Achievements, Challenges, And Polarization / Peter R. Kingstone And Timothy J. Power -- Part I. The Democratic Context -- The Pt In Power, 2003-2016 / Oswaldo E. Do Amaral And Rachel Meneguello -- Good Government And Politics As Usual? The Schizophrenic Path Of The Workers' Party / Benjamin Goldfrank And Brian Wampler -- Part Ii. Policy Innovation And State Capacity In A Maturing Democracy -- Corruption And Accountability In Brazil / Matthew M. Taylor -- Environmental Politics In Brazil: The Cross-pressures Of Democracy, Development, And Global Projection / Kathryn Hochstetler -- Checking The Power Of Mayors: Explaining Improvements In Brazilian Educational Outcomes / Marcus Andre Melo -- Assessing The Bolsa Familia: Successes, Shortcomings, And Unknowns / Wendy Hunter And Natasha Borges Sugiyama -- Progress Or Perdition? Brazil's National Truth Commission In Comparative Perspective / Anthony W. Pereira -- Part Iii. Politics From The Bottom Up -- Toward A (poor) Middle-class Democracy? Upward Mobility And Politics Under Lula And Dilma / Maria Hermania Tavares De Almeida And Fernando Henrique Guarnieri -- The Economic Context Of Social Protests In 2013 / Alfredo Saad-filho -- Part Iv. Strategies Of Global Projection -- Democracy Postponed: A Political Economy Of Brazil's Oligarchic Foreign Policy / Sean Burges And Jean Daudelin -- The Public Bank Trilemma: Brazil's New Developmentalism And The Bndes / Leslie Elliott Armijo. Edited By Peter R. Kingstone And Timothy J. Power. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.