Charting a New Course

The Politics of Globalization

and Social Transformation

Fernando Henrique Qardoso

Edited and Introduced by Mauricio A. Font

ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC.

Lanham • Boulder- New York - Oxford
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Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: To Craft a New Era: The Intellectual Trajectory of
Fernando Henrique Cardoso 1
Mauricio A. Font

Part I: The Making of Brazilian Society

1. Slavery and Race Relations in Southern Brazil 35
2. Industrialists and Brazilian Development: The Early 1960s 42

Part II: Dependency and Development

3. Dependency and Development in Latin America: Summary 45
4. Dependency and Development in Latin America: Post Scriptum 48
5. The Consumption of Dependency Theory 73
6. Development: The Most Political of Economic Issues 88

Part III: Authoritarianism and Democracy

7. Structural Bases of Authoritarianism in Latin America 96
8. Characterizing Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America 122
9. Dependent Development and Democratic Theory 140
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Part IV: Rigor and Relevance in the Social Sciences

10. On Social Change 162
11. Social Science in Latin America 172
12. Academia and Politics 181

Part V: Democratization and Political Reform

13. In Praise of the Art of Politics 186
14. Freedom for the Have-nots 197
15. Caesarism in Democratic Brazil? 201

Part VI: State Reform and Development Strategy

16. Reforming the State 206
17. Farewell to the Senate 214
18. Inaugural Speech 228
19. New Approaches to Development in Latin America 234

Part VII: Globalization

20. Globalization and Politics 244
21. Globalization and International Relations 251
22. The Impact of Globalization on Developing Countries 257

Part VIII: Worldview

23. Toward a New Dialogue in North-South Relations 271
24. Viable Utopia 280
25. Radicalizing Democracy 284
26. Agenda for the New Century 289

The (In)complete Bibliography of Fernando Henrique Cardoso 297

Danielle Ardaillon
Index 321
About the Author 333
About the Editor 333
About the Bibliographer 334