Obstacles to Social Reform in Brazil's New Democracy
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6247767 |
|---|---|
| Autores | K Weyland (0000-0002-6106-8661, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1996 |
| Volumen | 29 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 1 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1996-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Comparative Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0010-4159 • E-ISSN: 2151-6227 |
| Editorial | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/422180 |
| OpenAlex | W2056057844 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 15 |
| Referencias citadas | 11 |
This article analyzes the impact of democracy on social equity.' Specifically, why has Brazil's recent transition to democracy not enabled the large number of poor people to use their new rights of participation to press successfully for social reform? And why have politicians and state officials who have advanced equity-enhancing proposals been unable to carry them out? An analysis of policymaking in social security suggests that the institutional fragmentation of social organizations and the state have posed the main obstacles to redistributive change. Persistent clientelism has cemented divisions among the poor and thus lessened pressure for reform; weak party organization has hindered the articulation of redistributive proposals in the electoral arena; narrow interest associations have given better-off sectors direct access to the state to defend their privileges; and an internally fragmented state has proven incapable of enacting equity-enhancing change on its own initiative. With these arguments, the article advances an institutionalist explanation of the dearth of social reform in postauthoritarian Brazil
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| Citas por año | 0,68 |
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| Intervalo de citas | 2004 - 2021 (18) |
| Altamente citado | No |