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Reforming Brazil, (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2004).
Edited
by Mauricio A Font and Anthony Peter Spanakos
with the assistance of Cristina Bordin
For
years, successive governments in Brazil grappled with the
vexing issues of unequal distribution of wealth and runaway
inflation. In the 1990s, long-overdue reforms began to help
tame inflation, streamline bloated and ineffective government
and address chronic social ills. But problems and questions
remain: Why is Brazil still so poor, and why is inequality so
intransigent? Were some reforms counter-productive, or
could they have been implemented better?
Reforming Brazil
is a thought-provoking examination of these
and other
important issues facing Brazil today, from
privatization and agrarian reform to entrepreneurial programs and hemispheric
integration. Written by 11 Brazilianist scholars from a range of disciplines
and intellectual traditions, the book offers compelling new insights for international
policymakers, economists and scholars of Brazil.
Contents:
Part I: Introduction
Dawn of a New Era, Mauricio A Font
1. The Reform Agenda, Anthony Peter Spanakos
Part II: Reforms
2. Monetary and Fiscal Reforms, Eliana Cardoso
3. Privatization: Reform through Negotiation, Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida
4. Social Policy Reform, Sônia Draibe
5. Agrarian Reform, Anthony Pereira
6. Political Reform: The "Missing Link", David Fleischer
Part III: Institutions, Actors, and Regional Context
7. Competitive Federalism and Distributive Conflict, Alfred Montero
8. Industrialists and Liberalization, Peter Kingstone
9. Entreprenueurs: The PNBE, Eduardo Rodrigues Gomes and Fabrícia C. Guimarães
10. Working-Class Contention, Salvador Sandoval
11. Brazil and Hemispheric Integration, João Paulo Machado Peixoto
