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A thorough introduction to Brazil's politics, economy, and society.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Brazil: A Framework for Analysis Political Parties and Elections The Patrimonial State and Society in Brazil The Military in Politics The Brazilian Economy Brazilian Foreign Policy Challenges for the Next Century: The Social Agenda in Brazil Appendix Selected Bibliography Index

About the Author

RIORDAN ROETT is the Sarita and Don Johnston Professor and Director of the Western Hemisphere Program at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University. He has authored or edited numerous works on Brazil's political development, including The Politics of Foreign Aid in the Brazilian Northeast, Brazil in the Seventies, and four previous editions of Brazil: Politics in a Patrimonial Society (Praeger).

Reviews

"This volume has had a successful history, experiencing three revisions, and remains the most important textbook in English on Brazilian politics. . . [It] will continue to be an important and timely study of the Brazilian political scene."-Latin America in Books, (on the previous edition)

?This volume has had a successful history, experiencing three revisions, and remains the most important textbook in English on Brazilian politics. . . [It] will continue to be an important and timely study of the Brazilian political scene.?-Latin America in Books, (on the previous edition)