Populism and Economic Policy in Brazil

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4547572
AutoresLuiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira (0000-0001-8679-0557, autor de correspondencia), Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira
Año1991
Volumen33
Número2
Páginas1-22
Fecha de publicación1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-1937 • E-ISSN: 2162-2736
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/165829
OpenAlexW84771590
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas12

Political or ideological obstacles have proved of paramount importance in Brazil's ability to adopt sound, consistent economic policies - the kind of policies the country needs if it is to overcome economic crisis and consolidate modern capitalism and democracy. Brazil's recent democratization was based on solid economic and social reality, representing the victory of civil society rather than a gift from the military regime. Nevertheless, it failed to tackle some of the basic ideologies and political practices which are typical of middle-income, industrialized, yet underdeveloped countries like Brazil: such as economic populism, developmentalism, anachronistic nationalist beliefs, political clientelism, unrealistic worker demands, conservatism, the orthodoxy of neoliberal monetarism, and the inability of short-sighted business elites to define the national interest

Anachronism · Capitalism · Clientelism · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Developmentalism · Economic nationalism · Economics · Ideology · Nationalism · Oligarchy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Victory · Economic Theory and Policy · Law