This edited collection interprets and assesses the transformation of Brazil under the Workers’ Party. It addresses the extent of the changes the Workers’ Party has brought about and examines how successful these have been, as well as how continuity and social change in Brazil have affected key domains of economy, society, and politics.
Table of Content
Introduction; Kees Koonings, Fabio de Castro and Marianne Wiesebron 1. Continuity in a Changing Brazil: the Transition from Lula to Dilma; Timothy J. Power 2. Changing Repertoires of State-Society Interaction under Lula; Rebecca Abers, Lizandra Serafim and Luciana Tatagiba 3. Brazil: From ‘Sleeping Giant’ to Emerging Power; Paulo F. Visentini 4. Trade-offs and Choices of Economic Policy in Brazil: the Lula Years and the new directions towards development after 2010; Helio Henkin 5. Poverty Reduction and Well-Being: Lula’s Real; Marcelo C. Neri 6. Social Policies during the Lula Administration: The Conditional Cash Transfer Program ‘Bolsa Familia’; Marianne L. Wiesebron 7. Violence, Crime and Insecurity since 2000: Local Dynamics and the Limitations of Federal Response; Kees Koonings 8. Urban and Housing Policy from Lula to Dilma: Social Inclusion with Territorial Segregation; Nabil Bonduki 9. Social Inclusion in Rural Brazil under Lula; Antonio M. Buainain, Henrique D. Neder and Junior R. Garcia 10. Environmental Policies in the Lula Era: Accomplishments and Contradictions; Fabio de Castr
About the author
Rebecca Abers, University of Brasília, Brazil Nabil Bonduki, University of São Paulo, Brazil Antônio Marcio Buainain, University of Campinas, Brazil Junior Ruiz Garcia, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil Helio Henkin, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Henrique Dantas, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil Marcelo Cortes Neri, Getulio Vargas Foundation Graduate School of Economics, Brazil Timothy J. Power, University of Oxford, UK Lizandra Serafim, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil Luciana Tatagiba, University of Campinas, Brazil Paulo Visentini, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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