{"product_id":"brazil-9780745336701","title":"Brazil","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA political analysis of the paradox of modern-day Brazil, charting the political transition from military rule to democracy, and to neoliberalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Saad-Filho and Morais excel at providing a critical, powerful and persuasive analysis for Brazil's economic, social, and political development since the 1930s, emphasizing distinct transition paths from dictatorship to democracy and from state-led industrialization to neoliberalism. Grounded on a solid marxist political economy framework, this book is a must-read to understand Brazil's current predicament and defying challenges ahead' -- Lena Lavinas, Professor of Welfare Economics at the Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro\u003cbr\u003e'The contradiction between neoliberalism and democracy is now well-known: this book offers a new and profound insight into this through a sharp and convincing account of the Brazilian experience... This is critical political economy at its best' -- Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at the Centre for Economics Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal University, New Delhi\u003cbr\u003e'An excellent short history of Brazil’s economic, political and social development since the 1930s' -- Socialist Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTables and Figures\u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e  Acronyms\u003cbr\u003e  Presidents of Brazil, 1930-2017\u003cbr\u003e  Preface\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  1. A Troubled Path to Development\u003cbr\u003e  2. Building a Fragile Democracy\u003cbr\u003e  3. Inflation Stabilisation and the Transition to Neoliberalism\u003cbr\u003e  4. Impacts of Neoliberalism\u003cbr\u003e  5. Neoliberalism under the Workers’ Party\u003cbr\u003e  6. Developmental Neoliberalism and the PT\u003cbr\u003e  7. From Glory to Disaster\u003cbr\u003e  8. Class and Class Politics in Brazilian Neoliberalism\u003cbr\u003e  9. From the Confluence of Dissatisfactions to the Restoration of Neoliberalism\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion: Crisis of Neoliberalism, Crisis of Democracy\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  References\u003cbr\u003e  Index","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404310782295,"sku":"9780745336701","price":30.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/brazil-9780745336701","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}