Brazil under Lula: Economy, Politics, and Society under the Worker-President

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Political Reform in Brazil: Recent Proposals, Diagnosis, and a Suggestion....Pages 9-25
The Macroeconomic Record of the Lula Administration, the Roots of Brazil’s Inequality, and Attempts to Overcome Them....Pages 27-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Policy Making in the First Lula Government....Pages 47-65
Brazil’s Lack of Growth....Pages 67-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Regulation during the Lula Government....Pages 93-114
Exchange Rate Policy, Perceptions of Risk, and External Constraints under Lula....Pages 115-133
Agricultural, Agrarian, and Environmental Policy Formation under Lula: The Role of Policy Networks....Pages 135-150
The Labor Policies of the Lula Government....Pages 151-165
Lula’s Foreign Policy: Regional and Global Strategies....Pages 167-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
A Spatial Analysis of Bolsa Família: Is Allocation Targeting the Needy?....Pages 187-203
A Report Card for Lula: Progress in Education....Pages 205-220
Reforming Social Security under Lula: Continuities with Cardoso’s Policies....Pages 221-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Social Policies, Personal and Regional Income Inequality in Brazil: An I-O Analysis....Pages 243-261
Regional Development Policies, 2003–2006....Pages 263-281
Northeast Brazil under the Lula Government....Pages 283-301
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
The Lula Government in Historical Perspective....Pages 305-315
Back Matter....Pages 317-326