Brazil's Economic and Political Future

ISBN-13: 9780367156206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 288 str.

Julian M. Chacel

Opis

This collection of essays by distinguished Brazilian and U.S. scholars and representatives of both the Sarney and Reagan administrations features the first penetrating analysis of Brazil's economic prospects and its monetary program.

Spis treści

Letter from the Americas Society's President -- Foreword: Brazil's Place in the 1980s -- Introduction: Brazil's Economic and Political Future -- The Brazilian ''Miracle'' and Brazil's Foreign Debt -- Brazil's Economic Stabilization Plan: An Analysis -- Brazil and the Banks -- Latin America's Debt: A Reform Proposal -- Inflationary Inertia and Monetary Reform: Brazil -- Macroeconomic Policymaking in a Crisis Environment: Brazil's Cruzado Plan and Beyond -- Foreign Debt Servicing and Economic Growth -- High Technology Versus Self-Reliance: Brazil Enters the Computer Age -- Private Sector Connection to Development -- The Dynamics of Today's Brazil -- Brazil's Trade: A View from the South -- The Political Structure in the New Brazil -- Brazil: A President's Story -- The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) After the Cruzado Plan -- Brazil: Economic Crisis and Policy Options -- Military and Political Transition -- Political Parties in the New Brazil: The Liberal Front -- Elections and Redemocratization in Brazil During the 1980s -- Possible Political Pacts After Redemocratization -- Brazilian Elections in the 1980s: Transition or Transformation -- The Transition to Democracy in Brazil -- Transition Without Rupture: Parties, Politicians, and the Sarney Government -- Women, Redemocratization, and Political Alternatives -- The Church and Politics in Transition: Commitment and Analysis -- Brazil's Foreign Policy and Foreign Relations -- Origins of the New Republic's Foreign Policy -- Brazil's Foreign Policy in the New Republic -- Brazil and the United States: Friendly Competitors -- Brazilian-U.S. Relations -- Epilogue

O autorze

Julian Chacel