Offers an up-to-date analysis of recent Brazilian politics and an interpretation of the unprecedented level of political polarization and mobilization the country has faced since the late 2000s
Provides a much-needed explanation of the formation of Brazilian left-wing politics in the last two decades, viewed through the prism of the labour movement, a key constituency of the Workers' Party

Shows that despite the apparent decline of a trade union presence in politics in the developing world, the Brazilian example underlines that new forms of action and political involvement have emerged in the context of globalization

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.