Buch, Englisch, Band 200, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 517 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 200, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 517 g
Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences
ISBN: 978-90-04-46688-3
Verlag: de Gruyter Brill
This book examines the Brazilian political process in the period of 2003-2020: the governments led by the Workers’ Party and their reformist policies, the deep political crisis that led to the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff and the rise of Bolsonaro neofascism. The author maintains that the Party and ideological conflicts present in the Brazilian politics are linked to the class distributive conflicts present in the Brazilian society. Defeated for the fourth consecutive time in the presidential election, the political parties representing the international capital and segments of the bourgeoisie and of the middle class, abandoned the rules of the democratic game to end the Workers' Party government cycle. They paved the way for the rise of neofascism.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Tables and Charts
Preface to the English Edition
Part 1: Reform and Social Classes in the PT Governments
1. State, Bourgeoisie, and Neoliberalism in the Lula Government
The Bloc in Power in the Neoliberal Period
The Political Ascension of the Industrial Bourgeoisie and Agribusiness under the Lula Government
Political Rise, But No Hegemony Established
The Political Regime and the Hegemony of Financial Capital
Final Considerations
2. The Lula Governments: The New “National Bourgeoisie” in Power
FHC, Lula, and Disputes within the Bourgeoisie
The Political Relations of the Big Internal Bourgeoisie with the Lula Government
Contradictions within the Internal Bourgeoisie and the Neodevelopmentalist Front
3. The Political Bases of Neodevelopmentalism
The Neodevelopmentalist Political Front
The Neodevelopmentalist Program
The Classes and Class Fractions Integrating the Neodevelopmentalist Front
The Contradictions in the Core of the Front
4. Lulism, Populism, and Bonapartism
The Concepts
Varguism and Lulism
Bonapartism and Lulism
5. Neodevelopmentalim, Social Classes, and Foreign Policy in the PT Governments
The the Bloc in Power and the Neodevelopmentalist political front
Foreign Policy and the Neodevelopmentalist Front
Conclusion
6. Neodevelopmentalism and the Recovery of the Brazilian Union Movement
Neodevelopmentalism and the Union Movement
The Union Movement’s Political Moderation
The Growth of the Strike Struggle
Final Considerations
Part 1I: The Nature and Dynamics of the Crisis that Led to the Impeachment
7. The Political Crisis of Neodevelopmentalism and the Instability of Democracy
The Political Crisis
The Neoliberal Bourgeois Offensive
The Participation of the Upper Middle Class
The Presence of the Working Classes
The Instability of Democracy
The Government's Reaction and the Popular Movement
8. State, State Institutions, and Political Power in Brazil
The Bloc in Power and Class Alliances
The Political Regime and the Contradictions within the State Bureaucracy
BNDES, Petrobras, and the Big Internal Bourgeoisie
Judicial Institutions, the Associated Bourgeoisie, and the Upper Middle Class
Final Considerations
9. Operation Car Wash, the Middle Class, and State Bureaucracy
The State’s Social Function, Social Classes, and Bureaucracy
Operation Car Wash and the Middle Class
The Middle Class and Corruption
10. The Crisis of Neodevelopmentalism and The Dilma Rousseff Government
A Couple of Things to Learn from the Crisis
The Bloc In Power and Class Alliances
The Political Crisis
11. Why Was the Resistance to the 2016 Coup d’état so Weak?
The Internal Bourgeoisie Was Divided in the Face of the Coup
The Marginal Mass of Workers Remained Passive
The Unionized Workers Were Neutralized
After the Coup.
Afterword: Bolsonaro and the rise of neofascism
When Can We Speak of Fascism
Bolsonarism Is One of the Species of the Fascism Genre
The Bolsonaro Government and the Originating Political Crisis
Fascism and Bourgeoisie: Unity, Conflicts, and Conciliation
Final Considerations
Bibiography
Index
