Transforming Brazil: A History of National Development in the Postwar Era

ISBN-13: 9781138776890 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 280 str.

Rafael Rossotto Ioris

Opis

In this work, Rafael R. Ioris critically revisits the postwar context in Brazil to reexamine traditional questions and notions pertaining to the nature of Latin America's political culture and institutions. It was in this period that the region lived some of its most intense and successful experiences of fast economic growth, which was paradoxically marred by heightened ideological divisions, political disruptions, and the emergence of widespread authoritarian rule. Combining original sources of political, diplomatic, intellectual, cultural, and labor histories, Ioris provides a comprehensive history of the fruitful debates concerning national development in postwar Brazil, a time when the so-called country of the future faced one of its best moments for consolidating political democracy and economic prosperity.

Spis treści

Introduction: Brazilian Development in Historical Perspective. 1. State Planning and National Development: Political Devices for Turbulent Times. 2. Development in a Global Perspective and Brazil’s International Search for a New Historical Course. 3. The Targets Plan and the Council of Development: The Technocratic Path to Development Promotion. 4. The Higher Institute of Brazilian Studies versus the Technocrats: Development as State-Led Social Inclusion or as Market-Based Policies. 5. Economic Prosperity, Consumerism and the Business World: Development as Market-Led Growth. 6. National Development and Industrial Labor: Metalworkers, Carestia, and the Basis for a Popular Path of Development. Conclusion.

O autorze

Rafael R. Ioris is Assistant Professor of Latin American History at the University of Denver. He holds a Ph.D. from Emory University in Latin American History with a concentration on Modern Brazil. His research interests include the history of political ideologies and comparative development in Latin America and U.S.-Latin America relations.  He has authored and co-authored articles published in various prestigious journals including the Journal of Latin American Studies, Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research, Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, and Foro Internacional.