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Cardoso's Brazil: A Land for Sale (Critical Currents in Latin American Perspective Series) - Softcover

Petras, James

 
9780742526310: Cardoso's Brazil: A Land for Sale (Critical Currents in Latin American Perspective Series)

Synopsis

Offering a systematic, critical analysis of the presidency of Fernando Cardoso, this ambitious case study assesses government policies within the framework of the new economic model of globalization and structural adjustment. Petras and Veltmeyer argue that Cardoso paved the way for what amounted to the takeover of a large and important part of Brazils economy by foreign investors. The authors discuss the neoliberal model of capitalist development, the privatization of key sectors and enterprises, the human cost of structural adjustment, and the search for a community-based form of local development. The crisis in agriculture and the dynamic responses of the countrys rural landless workers precipitated the rise of Brazils populist new president, Lula, whom the authors charge has started down the same path as his predecessor.

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About the Author

James Petras is Bartle Professor Emeritus at Binghamton University. Henry Veltmeyer is professor of sociology at Saint Mary's University.

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