Brazil's Economic and Political Future

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-15620-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

The 1985 elections in Brazil returned South America's largest country to democratic rule after two decades of military government. But the Sarney administration faces substantial economic and political challenges: over a 250 percent annual inflation rate, a foreign debt of more than $115 billion, and over a 20 percent unemployment rate. This collec

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chacel, Julian M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Julian Chacel