Table of Contents

Part 1 The economic question: stabilization policy as a game of mutual distrust - the Brazilian experience in post-1985 civilian governments, Alkimar R. Moura; Brazilian hyperinflation - the political economy of the fiscal crisis, Gustavo H.B. Franco; the state and the liberalization of the Brazilian economy, Carlos Alberto Longo. Part 2 The social question: poverty in Brazil - a challenge for the future, Jose Marcio Camargo and Ricardo Paes de Barros; democratic transition and social policy in Brazil - some dilemmas in the agenda of reforms, Maria Helena Guimaraes de Castro; unions, economic crisis and high inflation in Brazil, Maria Herminia Tavares de Almeida. Part 3 The political question: institutional structure and governability in the 1990s, Bolivar Lamounier; consolidation of democracy - governability and political parties in Brazil, Maria D'Alva G. Kinzo; democratization and political culture in Brazil, Jose Alvaro Moises.