POLI 333 Lecture Notes - Strike Action, Liberation Theology, Participatory Politics
29 Aug 2014
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Brazil is part of b. r. i. c. (brazial, russia, india, china) which the rest of the world refers to as new industrializing economies. Was a dictatorship from 1964 to 1985. Characterized by clientielist and populist politics; country run by people in elite positions who do favors for less-wealthy people that support them, and these favors ensure that this support will remain. Populism means that the system favors charismatic, wealthy people. Growth of trade unions began in the early 1970"s, and the country"s politics moved away from elitism. Society followed ideas of christian charity & forgiveness (not in a religious manner) Labor strike in 1979 began to break down the dictatorship. The worker"s party was made up of trade unions, liberation theologists, and communist ideologists. Party was only really successful at the urban, municipal level.
