Traditional Politics and Regime Change in Brazil

by Frances Hagopian

Book Overview

This 1996 book is about politics in Brazil during the military regime of 1964-85 and the transition to democracy. Unlike most books about contemporary Brazilian politics that focus on promising signs of change, this book seeks to explain remarkable political continuity in the Brazilian political system. It attributes the persistence of traditional politics and the dominance of regionally based, traditional political elites in particular to the manner...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521032881
• ISBN13: 9780521032889
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"