Traditional Politics and Regime Change in Brazil (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 12, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780521032889
Subjects: Political structures: democracy; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Brazil; International Relations - General; Political Process - General; Brazil--Politics and government--1964-1985; Brazil--Politics and government--1964-1985 Br; Political Science / General; Political Science / International Relations; Political Science-Political Process - General; General
First sentence: From 1964 to 1985 Brazil, Latin America's largest and most industrialized country, was governed by a military dictatorship, which on the surface was unlike its predecessors and was soon to become the model for other authoritarian regimes on the continent.