Brazil - Emerging Forever?

A Case Study of the Mid-Level Development Trap

AvVictor Krasilshchikov

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Del i serien Societies and Political Orders in Transition

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Beskrivning

This book discusses the social and economic problems currently faced by Brazil as one of the largest “emerging countries”. Assessing Brazilian statistics on households’ incomes and consumption, the book subsequently discusses the lack of strong social actors as the main problem in today’s Brazil.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-11-06
Mått:155 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt:494 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Societies and Political Orders in Transition
Antal sidor:198
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030502072

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Dr. habil. Victor Krasilshchikov is a Russian economist and a specialist in development studies with a focus on the comparison of East Asia and Latin America. He is a member of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) and the Spanish Network of Development Studies (REEDES). As of recently he is also chief researcher at the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences (the Russian Academy of Sciences).

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction. Why Brazil?.- The “Multi-polar World”, BRICS, and the Coming Chinese Hegemony: Prognoses and Daydreams.- Thunderclouds over the Emerging Countries and the Middle-Income Trap.- The Rise to Modernity via Conservative Modernisation.- The New Model of Development or Conservative Modernisation in the Left-Centrist Arrangements?.- The Costs of Success and Return to the Past.- How Did the Incomes of Brazilians Change under the Left Government?.- The Brazilian Society as the Obstacle to Self-Modification.- Concluding Remarks: Some Prospects for Brazil and Other Emerging Countries, or the Myth of Emergence?.