Brazil Emerging
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Building Democracy In An Emerging Society: Challenges Of The Welfare State In Brazil / Sonia Fleury -- Inequality, Poverty And The Brazilian Social Protection System / Marcelo Medeiros, Sergei Soares, Pedro Souza And Rafael Osorio -- Growth And Social Policies: Towards Inclusive Development / Jan Nederveen Pieterse -- Brazil's Labor Market: Limitations And Opportunities For Emancipation / Adalberto Cardoso -- Social Movements And Emancipation In Brazil / Ilse Scherer-warren -- Mst's Agenda Of Emancipation: Interfaces Of National Politics And Global Contestation / Breno Bringel -- Brazilian Culture As Category Of Public Intervention / Myrian Sepúlveda Dos Santos -- Community Policing Of Rio's Favelas: State-led Development Or Market-oriented Intervention? / Erica Mesker -- Media Democratization In Brazil Revisited / Carolina Matos -- A Bahian Counterpoint Of Sugar And Oil: Global Commodities, Global Identities? / Livio Sansone -- Why (post)colonialism And (de)coloniality Are Not Enough: A Post-imperialist Perspective / Gustavo Lins Ribeiro. Edited By Jan Nederveen Pieterse And Adalberto Cardoso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
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THE THESIS
This collection investigates the complex socio-political and economic challenges facing Brazil as it navigates the transition toward an inclusive, democratic welfare state. Edited by Jan Nederveen Pieterse and Adalberto Cardoso, the volume synthesizes contributions from various scholars to examine the structural inequalities, labor market limitations, and social movements that define the contemporary Brazilian landscape. The authors utilize a multidisciplinary framework to assess how public policy, global market integration, and local activism interact to shape the nation's development trajectory.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Analysis of the Brazilian social protection system and its impact on poverty reduction.
- Examination of labor market dynamics and the opportunities for worker emancipation.
- Case studies on social movements, including the MST, and their influence on national and global politics.
- Critical perspectives on media democratization, community policing in favelas, and the role of culture in public intervention.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this volume as a comprehensive academic resource for understanding the structural hurdles of Brazilian governance and social reform. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which provides a rigorous, research-based examination of the country's post-colonial and developmental challenges.
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Publication Date:
2014-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge/taylor & Francis Group,
ISBN-10:
0415837049
ISBN-13:
9780203482131
Economics
Sociology
Brazil
Social policy
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