Brazil : what everyone needs to know /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roett, Riordan, 1938- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Series:What everyone needs to know.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The colonial and imperial past: obstacles or opportunities to create a modern Brazil?
  • From the republic to the estado novo
  • The experiment in democracy, 1945-64: why did it fail?
  • The military in power: the final intervention?
  • Failed transition?
  • The Lula government: an assessment
  • Dilma Rousseff: the right choice to succeed Lula in 2011?
  • Public policy challenges for the 21st century
  • Foreign affairs
  • Brazilian culture and society
  • Conclusion: some final reflections.