Relações estado-sociedade no Brasil : representações para uso de reformadores
By: Costa, Frederico Lustosa da
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ArticlePublisher: Rio de Janeiro : IESP / UERJ, mar. 2009Online resources: Acesso Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais 52, 1, p. 161-199Abstract: The main analysts of Brazilian reality have highlighted that the roots of our underdevelopment are planted in the countrys historical formation, generating a series of determinants that condition the political system, the state, and its relations with society and the economy. These peculiarities constitute ways of being, proceeding, or thinking that characterize our institutions, social relations, and representations of the social and political world. Patrimonialism, abuse of authority, and personalism are examples of the diseases used to describe aspects of Brazilian reality that purportedly constitute the causes of limited effectiveness in government action. The analysis allows characterizing these phenomena as structure and function, indicating their influence on social, political, and administrative practices and evaluating their impact on the states functioning and reform strategies. These categories inform the intellectual attitudes, diagnoses, and proposals for changes by reformers of all conceptual and ideological latitudes.
The main analysts of Brazilian reality have highlighted that the roots of our underdevelopment are planted in the countrys historical formation, generating a series of determinants that condition the political system, the state, and its relations with society and the economy. These peculiarities constitute ways of being, proceeding, or thinking that characterize our institutions, social relations, and representations of the social and political world. Patrimonialism, abuse of authority, and personalism are examples of the diseases used to describe aspects of Brazilian reality that purportedly constitute the causes of limited effectiveness in government action. The analysis allows characterizing these phenomena as structure and function, indicating their influence on social, political, and administrative practices and evaluating their impact on the states functioning and reform strategies. These categories inform the intellectual attitudes, diagnoses, and proposals for changes by reformers of all conceptual and ideological latitudes.
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