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Kenneth Erickson. The Brazilian Corporative State and Working-Class Politics.

Biblioteca / 1970-1979

Kenneth Erickson. The Brazilian Corporative State and Working-Class Politics.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977.

xvii, 225 páginas.

CONTENTS

PART I

CORPORATISM AND LABOR IN BRAZIL

1 – Introduction

The Rediscovery of Political Corporatism

Populism and the Weakening of Corporate Controls

2 – The Formation of the Corporative State in Brazil

The Old Republic

The Corporative Framework of the Estado Novo

3 – The Structural and Legal Foundations of Brazilian Labor Organization

Political Foundations of the Corporative Labor Law

Legal and Structural Foundations of the Labor System

Government Controls on Workers’ Organizations

Conclusion

PART II

THE MINISTRY OF LABOR IN THE CORPORATIVE STATE

4 – The Ministry of Labor in Brazilian Politics

The Ministers and the Politics of the Ministry

Ministry Finances and Ministry Performance

Conclusion

5 – The Labor Ministry Under Almino Afonso: A Case Study in Political Change

The Ministry’s Impact on National Politics in a Populist Period

Patronage: Traditional Means for a Radical End

Conclusion

PART III

THE POLITICAL POWER OF THE LABOR LEADERS

6 – Political Strikes in Brazil, 1960-1964: Strengths and Weaknesses of Organized Labor

Parity Strike, November 1960

Succession Crisis Strikes, August-September 1961

Cabinet Crisis General Strike, July 1962

General Strike over Plebiscite, September 1962

Santos Strikes, September 1963

Conclusion

7 – Labor Power in National Politics: The CGT Versus President Goulart

The Battle of Guanabara

Jango Undermines the CGT with the UST

Labor-Left Pressure on Goulart, August 1963

Social Security and Labor Confederation Elections, 1963-1964

Conclusion

PART IV

THE STATE AND LABOR SINCE 1964

8 – The Corporative System Since 1964: Modernizing the Estado Novo

Military Rule and Democratic Institutions: Unmaking the Populist System

Military Rule and the Corporative System: Modifications in the Labor Law After 1964

Labor’s Response

Conclusion

PART V

CONCLUSION

9 – Labor and the Political Process in Brazil

Labor Leaders and Political Power in Brazil

The Brazilian Political System

Change and Stability in a Corporative System

The Future of the Brazilian Political System

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