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Building Democracy in Brazil is an empirical analysis of the constitution-making process that Brazil underwent in the 1980s as it moved from an authoritarian military regime to a democratic civilian government. The study explores the institutional and political context from which the process departed as well as the choices of the key social and political actors. It then examines in depth the different stages of the constitutional elaboration.
This book looks at the development of thinking about security in Brazil between 1930 and 2010. In order to do so, it develops a new framework for thinking about intellectual history in Brazil and applies it to the development of knowledge on security in that country. Building on the Gramscian literature on ‘late modernization’ and ‘conservative revolution’ and drawing on the idea of ‘Emotional Theory of Action’ proposed by Brazilian sociologist Jessé Souza, this book sets out to establish an innovative framework with which to analyse the development of ‘thinking about security’ in Brazil in three specific historic contexts. This theoretical framework is then used to argue th...
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Directory of foreign diplomatic officers in Washington.
Directory of foreign diplomatic officers in Washington.
A evolução do pensamento econômico tem sido permeado pela presença de diferentes escolas, teorias e correntes desde os primordiais princípios filosóficos na Grécia, passando pela conformação da Ciência Econômica na Inglaterra, até chegarmos aos dias atuais, demonstrando que em um mundo globalizado não existe apenas uma via, mas diferentes formas de interpretação sobre o fenômeno econômico. Tomando como referência que os pensamentos ortodoxos e heterodoxos são vivos nos campos das ideias e da realidade atual, este livro promove uma visão panorâmica sobre temas relevantes no campo epistemológico da Economia, tendo o objetivo de apresentar análises e debates que tomam com...
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A literary thriller and roller coaster novel of kidnap, dceit, and corruption in 1990s Brazil Olavo Bettencourt is an important man, a man of spin. With Brazil adjusting to the new idea of democracy, his PR firm holds the balance of power in its hands. Which has also made Olavo very rich, if not very popular. Loathed by his trophy wife and mired in a web of political corruption that spreads from Sao Paolo to Switzerland, Israel, and New York, Olavo is an obvious target for extortion. And what better leverage can there be but the kidnapping of his only son. Except that the child on his way home from school in Olavo's armor-plated car, deep into his coloring book as the gang closes in--he's not Olavo's son.