4. Brazil's Rocky Economic Road to Democracy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface xi
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. Contributors 1
6. Section 1: The Institutional and Historical Setting
7. 2. Dilemmas for Democracy in Brazil 7
8. 3. Local and State Government in the Nova República: Intergovernmental Relations in Light of the Brazilian Political Transition 26
9. Section 2: Economic Policy and Development Issues
10. 4. Brazil's Rocky Economic Road to Democracy 41
11. 5. The Political Economy of Export Promotion in Brazil 62
12. 6. Colonization and Conflict: Frontier Expansion in the Brazilian Amazon 94
13. Section 3: Social Policy and Social Issues
14. 7. Social Policy and Democratic Consolidation in Brazil 122
15. 8. Health Policy in Brazil: The State's Response to C 141
16. 9. National Housing Policy and the Favela in Brazil 164
17. 10. The Growth of Cities and National Urban Policy in Brazil 186
18. Section 4: The Role of the Parties and the Labor Movement in the Polity and the Economy
19. 11. The Constituent Assembly and the Transformation Strategy: Attempts to Shift Political Power in Brazil from the Presidency to Congress 210
20. 12. Organized Labor in Brazil 259
21. 13. Conclusion. Public Policy and Political Transition: A New Direction for Brazil? 281
22. Index 287