The Workers Party and Democratization in Brazil

by Margaret E. Keck

Book Overview

As the first legal mass party on the left in Brazil's recent history, the Workers' Party has both reflected and contributed to the country's transition from military rule to democracy. The party has posed an important challenge to traditionally elitist patterns of politics in Brazil; in 1989 its candidate came within six percentage points of winning the presidential election. The book--the first major study of the Workers' Party--sheds new light on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300063199
• ISBN13: 9780300063196
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"