The throes of democracy
Subtitle: Brazil since 1989
By: Bryan McCann.
Series: Global history of the present
Publisher: Fernwood Pub.; Zed Books; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Halifax, Nova Scotia; London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781842779255; 9781842779262; 9781552662779
Subjects: Brazil -- History -- 1985-; Brazil -- Social conditions -- 1985-; Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1985-2002; Brazil -- Politics and government -- 2003-
Other titles: Brazil since 1989
Description: "In the 1980s, Brazil emerged from two decades of military dictatorship and embarked on an experiment in full democracy for the first time in the nation's history. Since then, Brazilians have sought to live up to the ideals of this experiment while negotiating dramatic economic and cultural transformations. In The Throes of Democracy Bryan McCann gives a panoramic view of this process, exploring the relationships between the rise of the political left, the escalation of urban violence, the agribusiness boom and the spread of pentecostal evangelization. Brazil remains a land marked by deep inequality, but in the last two decades the structure of that inequality has changed substantially. This is a country that remains an endlessly vital source of popular culture, now bubbling forth from different corners of the map. This book provides a fascinating introduction to one of the twenty-first century's most significant countries."--Back cover.
Notes: "A panoramic view of ... the relationships between the rise of the political left, the excalation of urban violence, the agribusiness boom, and the spread of Pentacostalism"--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-166) and index.
Table of contents: title: The rise of the left; title: Urban crisis; title: Back to the land; title: Different drummers; title: The Pentacostal boom; title: Making culture in digital Brazil.