num_pages: 317
description: March 2015 should have been a time of celebration for Brazil as it marked thirty years of democracy a newfound global prominence over a decade of rising economic prosperity and stable party politics under the rule of the widely admired PT (Workers Party). Instead the country descended into protest economic crisis impeachment and deep political division. Democratic Brazil Divided offers a comprehensive and nuanced portrayal of long-standing problems that contributed to the emergence of crisis and offers insights into the ways Brazilian democracy has performed well despite the explosion of crisis. The volume the third in a series from editors Kingstone and Power brings together noted scholars to assess the state of Brazilian democracy through analysis of key processes and themes. These include party politics corruption the new middle classes human rights economic policy-making the origins of protest education and accountability and social and environmental policy. Overall the essays argue that democratic politics in Brazil form a complex mosaic where improvements stand alongside stagnation and regression.
language: English
title: Democratic Brazil Divided
publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press