Eroding military influence in Brazil
Subtitle: politicians against soldiers
By: Wendy Hunter.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Civil-military relations -- Brazil; Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1985-
Description: "Major reconsideration of civil-military relations in post-authoritarian Brazil uses case studies of labor rights, federal budgeting, and control over Amazonia to argue that logic of competitive politics allowed civilian politicians to gradually erode military influence. Well researched and documented"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-233) and index.