2001 Events

End of the Year Book Party and Discussion: "Charting a New Course: The Politics of Globalization and Social Transformation"

Charting a New Course: The Politics of Globalization and Social Transformation (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001) contains 26 essays written by Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazil's President and world-class social scientist, at different stages of his impressive and influential intellectual trajectory. The book features an extensive Introduction by M. Font, and Cardoso's bibliography by Danielle Ardaillon.

The panel discussion will feature Ken Erickson (noted Brazil specialist, The Graduate Center and Hunter College, City University of New York), Ted Goertzel (noted sociologist at Rutgers University and author of a book onCardoso), and Mauricio Font (editor of "Charting a New Course").

Noted Brazilian musician Luiz Simes will perform after the panel discussion. Overall, this event also celebrates the holiday season.

For decades F. H. Cardoso has been among the most influential of Latin American scholars, his writings on globalization, dependency, and politics have reached a world-wide audience.

This book, the third by Cardoso to come out in English, is the first to incorporate essays written during his tenure as president of Brazil. The transformation of Cardoso's economic and political approach is nowhere better documented than in this broad-ranging collection of writings that span Cardoso's early theoretical work through his pragmatic agenda for Brazil in a rapidly changing world economy. The book also traces the development of one of the world's leading intellectuals, who took theory into the arena of policy when he became head of state.

FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARDOSO is the President of Brazil since January 1, 1995, having been reelected by an absolute majority in October 1998. A sociologist trained at the University of São Paulo, he emerged since the late 1960s as one of the most influential figures in the analysis of large-scale social change, international development, dependency, globalization, democracy, and state reform. By building on this successful intellectual and academic career, Cardoso became deeply involved in Brazil's struggle for democracy to overcome the authoritarian military regime (1964-1985). Elected Senator in 1982, he was a founding member of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB). He served as Minister of Foreign Relations in 1992-93 and Minister of Finance in 1993-94. An Emeritus Professor at the University of São Paulo, Fernando Henrique Cardoso has been awarded honorary degrees from several universities in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. His previously translated books include Dependency and Development in Latin America, São Paulo: Growth and Poverty, and The New World Economy in the Information Age.

MAURICIO A. FONT is Director of the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies and professor of Sociology at The Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New York. His previous publications on Brazil include Coffee, Contention, and Change and several articles. He is currently working on Transforming Brazil (Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming), a volume on Brazil's reforms since the early 1990s.

Table of Contents:
* Introduction
* The Making of Brazilian Society
* Slavery and Race Relations in Southern Brazil
* Industrialists and Brazilian Development: The Early 1960 s
* Development of Dependency
* Dependency and Development in Latin America: Summary
* Dynamics of Dependent Development: Latin America in the 1970s
* The Consumption of Dependency Theory
* Development: The Most Political of Economic Issues
* Authoritarianism and Democracy
* Structural Bases of Authoritarianism in Latin America
* Characterizing Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America
* Dependent Development and Democratic Theory
* Entrepreneurs and Democratic Transition: The Brazilian Case
* Rigor and Relevance in the Social Sciences
* On Social Change
* Social Science in Latin America
* Academia and Politics
* Democratization and Political Reform
* In Praise of the Art of Politics
* Freedom for the Have-Nots
* Ceasarism in Democratic Brazil?
* State Reform and Development Strategy
* Reforming the State
* Farewell to the Senate
* Inaugural Speech
* New Approaches to Development in Latin America
* Globalization
* Globalization and Politics
* Globalization and International Relations
* The Impact of Globalization on Developing Countries
* Worldview
* Toward a New Dialogue in North-South Relations
* Viable Utopia
* Radicalizing Democracy
* Agenda for the New Century
* Bibliography

This book is available at major bookstores, such as Barnes&Noble: http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=charting+a+new+course
&userid=6A0RWQS0TM and Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/107-0164789-9769315.

$34.95 Paper 0-7425-0893-5 May 2001 352pp
$95.00 Cloth 0-7425-0892-7 May 2001 352pp

Rowman & Littlefield:
http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com/Catalog/TOC.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CAT

When: Monday, December 17, 7:00 PM
Where: Skylight Conference Room (9100)
The Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(Across from the Empire State Building)

To reserve, send email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu or leave message at (212) 817-2096