Brazilian Politics: Reforming a Democratic State in a Changing World

List of Figures. 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