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Title:
Brazil : what everyone needs to know / Riordan Roett.
Author:
Roett, Riordan, 1938- author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Call Number:
F2521 .R738 2016
ISBN:
9780190224523

9780190224530
Physical Description:
xi, 234 pages : map ; 23 cm
Contents:
The colonial and imperial past: obstacles or opportunities to create a modern Brazil? -- From the republic to the estado novo -- The experiment in democracy, 1945-64: why did it fail? -- The military in power: the final intervention? -- Failed transition? -- The Lula government: an assessment -- Dilma Rousseff: the right choice to succeed Lula in 2011? -- Public policy challenges for the 21st century -- Foreign affairs -- Brazilian culture and society -- Conclusion: some final reflections.
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