This book analyses the conflicts that emerged from the Brazilian labour movement's active participation in a rapidly changing political environment, particularly in the context of the coming to power of a party with strong roots in the labour movement. While the close relations with the Workers' Party (PT) have shaped the labour movement's political agenda, its trajectory cannot be understood solely with reference to that party's electoral fortunes. Through a study of the political trajectory of the Brazilian labour movement over the last three decades, the author explores the conditions under which the labour movement has developed militant and moderate strategies. Marieke Riethof is Lecturer in Latin American Politics at the University of Liverpool, UK.

Autorentext
Marieke Riethof is Lecturer in Latin American Politics at the University of Liverpool, UK.

Inhalt
1. Introduction

2. Labour Movements, Globalization and the Dilemmas of Development
3. Labour and the State: Corporatism and the Left, 1930-1977
4. New Unionism: Protest, Mobilization and Negotiating the Transition to Democracy, 1978-1988
5. Economic Crisis, Reform and the Pragmatic Left, 1989-2001
6. Labour Strategies and the Left in Power: Moderation, Division and Renewed Militancy from Lula to Dilma
7. Conclusions