Negotiating democracy in Brazil : the politics of exclusion /

Reiter, Bernd, 1968-

Negotiating democracy in Brazil : the politics of exclusion / Bernd Reiter. - Boulder : FirstForumPress, 2009. - viii, 171 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-167) and index.

Introduction -- What's wrong with Brazilian democracy? -- The historical roots of inclusion -- Education and the transfer of privilege -- The domestication of the excluded -- Civil society as civilized society -- The limits to citizen participation -- The political class and the persistence of paternalism -- Conclusion.

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Equality--Brazil.
Democracy--Brazil.
Social classes--Brazil.
Social integration--Brazil.
Marginality, Social--Brazil.
Elite (Social sciences)--Brazil.
Igualdad--Brasil.
Democracia--Brasil.
Clases sociales--Brasil.


Brazil--Politics and government.
Brazil--Social conditions.

HN 290 / R379n 2009

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