Brazil Emerging Inequality and Emancipation [Paperback]

This volume is a critical inquiry into the social project and socioeconomic realities of emerging Brazil, a country that faces profound changes. A team of acknowledged specialists on Brazils complex configuration addresses state policies, social dynamics and economic constraints and opportunities for emancipation. Chapters adopt long-run perspectives on the development of the Brazilian welfare state, limits and opportunities for emancipation in the labor market, the scope and depth of social policies such as Bolsa Fam?lia and Rios Peacemaking Police Units (UPP), social movements - in particular, the Movement of the Landless (MST) - cultural policies at the federal level, the role of media in the countrys democratization project, and how two important commodities (sugar and oil) shape the identities of blacks and whites in Bahia. This book is essential reading for all those interested in understanding what kind of Brazil has acquired a prominent global position and what hurdles it faces to consolidate its position as a global player.

Introduction  Jan Nederveen Pieterse and Adalberto Cardoso  1. Building Democracy in an Emerging Society: Challenges of the Welfare State in Brazil  Sonia Fleury  2. Inequality, Poverty and the Brazilian Social Protection System  Marcelo Medeiros, Sergei Soares, Pedro Souza and Rafael Osorio  3. Growth and Social Policies: Towards Inclusive Development  Jan Nederveen Pieterse  4. Brazils Labor Market: Limitations and Opportunities for Emancipation  Adalberto Cardoso  5. Social Movements and Emancipation in Brazil  Ilse Scherer-Warren  6. MSTs Agenda of Emancipation: Interfaces of National Politics and Global Contestation  Breno Bringel  7. Brazilian Culture as Category of Public Intervl³W