Brazilian Politics: Reforming a Democratic State in a Changing World

List of Tables.

Map of Brazil.

1. An Introduction to Brazilian Politics.

2. Historical Patterns in Brazilian Politics.

3. State-Building and State Reform as a Challenge to Democratic Politics.

4. Government by and for the Few: The Persistence of Oligarchical Politics in the Representative System.

5. The Dilemma of Democratization in an Economically Unequal Society.

6. The Emergence of a Democratic Civil Society as a Force for Change.

7. Forging an Identity in a Globalized World: Brazil in the International Political Economy.

8. The Lula Government: An Experiment in Social Democracy?.

References.

Index