Reforming Brazil

This groundbreaking work is the first volume in English to examine Brazil's historic policy reforms of the 1990s and the political, economic, and social results. For years the large and ineffective government of Brazil could neither improve the country's greatly uneven distribution of wealth nor maintain inflation at reasonable levels. In the 1990s, long overdue changes bettered the government's fiscal performance, tamed inflation, and addressed chronic social ills stemming from the imbalance of wealth. But many problems, and many questions, remain. Why is Brazil still so poor, and why is inequality so intransigent? Were some of the reforms counterproductive, or could they have been implemented in a more effective way? Collecting essays by top Brazilianist scholars from various disciplines and intellectual traditions, Reforming Brazil provides new insights for international policy makers, economists, and scholars of Brazil.

ISBN 0739105876   Pages 280 ISBN13 9780739105870 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Lexington Books   Weight (grammes) 422 Imprint Lexington Books   Published in Lanham, MD Format Paperback   Series title Bildner Western Hemisphere Studies Publication date 15 Jun 2004   Height (mm) 227 Library of Congress 2003025453   Width (mm) 166 DEWEY 330.981   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

		Dawn of a new era by Mauricio A. Font		3
1		The reform agenda by Anthony Peter Spanakos		11
2		Monetary and fiscal reforms by Eliana Cardoso		29
3		Privatization : reform through negotiation by Maria Herminia Tavares de Almeida		53
4		Social policy reform by Sonia Draibe		71
5		Agrarian reform by Anthony Pereira		93
6		Political reform : the "missing link" by David Fleischer		115
7		Competitive federalism and distributive conflict by Alfred Montero		137
8		Industrialists and liberalization by Peter Kingstone		161
9		Entrepreneurs : the PNBE by Eduardo Rodrigues Gomes and Fabricia C. Guimaraes		177
10		Working-class contention by Salvador Sandoval		195
11		Brazil and hemispheric integration by Joao Paulo Machado Peixoto		217

Brazil was widely transformed by an entire decade of economic reforms... Here, Font and Spanakos, with a brilliant group of experts, show that this reform agenda must be vigorously pursued by President Lula, to complete and improve the liberalization era initiated by President Cardoso (1995-2002). Now is the dawn of a new era of social change, and this is the book to get acquainted with the actors and processes already on the move in Brazil. -- Paulo R. de Almeida This book is a valuable resource for students, practioners and scholars because it not only provides a solid introduction to the reform process during the Cardoso government, but also offers a clear evolutionary account of the issues that will preoccupy Brazilian presidents for at least the next decade. -- Sean W. Burges This work explores the Brazilian reforms of the 1990s ingreat detail and depth. It is extremely valuable reading for international policymakers, economists and politicians with a specific interest in Brazil and South America. Brittish Bulletin Of Publications A timely work, Reforming Brazil is a vast mosaic of authoritative perspectives that help to clarify the complex and often serendipitous most recent phase of Brazilian modernization. -- Luis Bitencourt

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