Crisis and Social Regression in Brazil A New Moment of the Social Qu

This is the first book published in English to present a concise but panoramic overview of the social, economic and political roots of the current Brazilian crisis. By situating former president Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment in the wider context of the his

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Roberto Véras de Oliveira

Crisis and Social Regression in Brazil A New Moment of the Social Question

Roberto Véras de Oliveira Social Sciences Department Federal University of Paraíba João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

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Acknowledgments

This book was originally developed as a paper during my stay as visiting researcher at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment – IRLE/ UCLA, which was carried out from November 2015 to October 2016. It was greatly benefited by the academic environment brought about by the IRLE. My special thanks to Chris Tilly, Institute’s Director until July 2016, for his assistance, cooperation, and support. I also thank José Ricardo Ramalho, Alexandre Barbosa, and Gerry Rodgers who have read it, especially Rodgers who has sent me many commentaries. A brief version of this paper was published in Precarious Work, Development and the Social Question in Brazil, FES – Análise, n. 25/2017.

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Introduction

Currently, Brazil is experiencing a deep economic, political, and institutional crisis. The economic growth carried out under Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores – PT) Government was in