Brazilian State

Editors:Mauricio A. Font is professor of sociology at the Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New York, where he is also director of the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies.Laura Randall is the author of Factors Affecting Learning and Cost Effective Schooling in Latin America, and of The Political Economy of Brazilian Oil.Janaina Saad is a research associate at the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies.Contributors:Monica Arruda de Almeida, Glauco Arbix, Leslie Elliott Armijo, Renato Boschi, John F. Collins, David Fleischer, Mauricio Font, Christine Gustafson, Elaine da Silveira Leite, Maria Rita Loureiro, Lia Zanotta Machado, Ana Cristina Braga Martes, Scott B. Martin, João Paulo M. Peixoto, Cecília Olivieri, Laura Randall, Eiiti Sato, José Roberto Ferreira Savoia, Fernando Sotelino, J. Ricardo Tranjan, Thomas J. Trebat

Maucio Font and Laura Randall's The Brazilian State: Debate and Agenda provides a fascinating multi-leveled examination of Brazilian political institutions and policies. Bringing together leading Brazilian and North American scholars in this field, the book provides a depth of insights rarely found in other English-language texts on the state and policymaking in Latin America's largest country. This volume makes important contributions to the debate on political institutions in Brazil and to issues in Latin America more generally.

• Part I: Approaches, Actors, and DynamicsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. The Brazilian State Since VargasChapter 3. State Developmentalism: Continuity and UncertaintyChapter 4. New Directions in Public Policy and State-Society RelationsChapter 5. Crisis and Beyond: Responses and ProspectsChapter 6. Bureaucrats, Parties, and Interest GroupsChapter 7. Political Reform: A "Never-Ending Story"Chapter 8. Civil Society Discourses and Practices in Porto AlegrePart II: Social and Cultural DimensionsChapter 9. Pension Reform in Brazil: Addressing a Social PactChapter 10. Feminism, the State, and Gender EqualityChapter 11. Nation-State Consolidation and Cultural PatrimonyPart III: Financial Crisis and ResponseChapter 12. The Financial Services IndustryChapter 13. Regulation and Compliance: Anti-Money LaunderingChapter 14. Financialization, Crisis, and a "New" Mania in BrazilPart IV: Shifting Global RelationsChapter 15. Brazil and the Transatlantic CommunityChapter 16. Regional Integration: Political Uses of Energy Policy