Intellectuals, Social Theory, and Political Practice in Brazil

Abu‐El‐Haj, Jawdat; Chilcote, Ronald H.

doi:10.1177/0094582x10391063

Latin American Perspectives

2010

DOI: 10.1177/0094582x10391063

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Intellectuals, Social Theory, and Political Practice in Brazil

Jawdat Abu‐El‐Haj

Ronald H. Chilcote

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“…Second, they formulated the policy-oriented social knowledge that guided the opposition to the military regime. Finally, their policy platforms went beyond political democratization to seek significant socioeconomic change, a sort of great transformation from dependency and underdevelopment to advanced capitalism (Abu-El-Haj and Chilcote, 2011; Chilcote, 2014). By the late 1980s their social knowledge set the development agendas for the new democratic power elite that replaced the military regime.…”

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Failed Strategies, Broken Promises: PSDB and PT Development Strategies Reexamined

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Prado Júnior, Cardoso, and Fernandes set two general guidelines that influenced the development strategy adopted by Brazil’s Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (Social Democracy Party—PSDB) and Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers’ Party—PT) between 1994 and 2016. The first aimed to strengthen the internal market, the second to maintain national capital control of key sectors. This consensus did not extend to policy. The PSDB’s adopted macroeconomic adjustments, while the PT’s stressed poverty alleviation and mass consumption. The differences extended to the choice of a profile of favored businesses. The PSDB supported globalized entrepreneurs, while the PT preferred businessmen with working-class backgrounds or with historical ties to national developmentalism. This political choice backfired. Provided with public funds, those businessmen embarked on international acquisitions to the detriment of internal development, and in 2018 the economic crisis paved the way for the political ascent of the far right. Prado Júnior, Cardoso e Fernandes estabeleceram duas premissas gerais que influenciaram a estratégia de desenvolvimento adotada pelo Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB) e pelo Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), entre o período de 1994 a 2016. A primeira visava fortalecer o mercado interno, enquanto a segunda, a manutenção do controle nacional de setores chaves. O consenso, entretanto, se limitou à teoria. O PSDB escolheu ajustes macroeconômicos, enquanto o PT embarcou na redução da pobreza e no consumo de massa. As diferenças se manifestavam no tipo de empresário apoiado para controlar setores estratégicos. A tipologia do PSDB era de um empresário globalizado e competitivo, enquanto o do PT era oriundo das classes populares ou com vínculos históricos no desenvolvimentismo nacional. Essas escolhas políticas mostraram-se equivocadas. Capitalizados por fundos públicos, esses empresários enveredaram-se por aquisições internacionais, em detrimento do desenvolvimento interno, abrindo o caminho, em 2018, para a ascensão política da extrema direita.

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Intellectuals, Social Theory, and Political Practice in Brazil

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