MONTERO, Alfred P <br/><br/>
Brazilian politics :  reforming a democratic state in a changing world 

 - Cambridge :  Polity,  2005 
 - 167 p. 
<br/><br/> 1. An introduction to Brazilian politcs  2. Historical patterns in Brazilian politics  3. State-building and state reform as a challenge to  democratic     politics  4. Government by and for the few: the persistence of oligarchical politics in the representative system  5. The dilemma of democratization in a economically unequal society  6. The emergence of a democratic civil society as a force for change  7. Forging an identity in a globalized world: Brazil in the international political economy  8. The Lula government: an experiment in social democracy? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0745633609 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Política de Governo<br/>História <br/>Democracia<br/>Estado<br/>Reforma Administrativa<br/>Globalização<br/>Sociedade Contemporânea<br/> Política Econômica<br/> Ciência Política
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Brasil