“…This division is also consistent with that commonly adopted by writers of Brazilian history (see, for example, Diniz, 1978;Stepan, 1978;Boschi, 1979;Ianni, 1991;Noronha, 1999;Kannan, 2006). Additionally, it is contended that Brazilian history reflects Portuguese ideology (Topik, 1980). This is also asserted by Wiarda (1997, p.56) who claimed that: Brazil had had virtually every form of corporatism: natural or historic corporatism going back to Portugal and the colonial period; a flurry of Catholic-corporatist ideological writings going back to the early twentieth century; manifest corporatism during the regime of Getúlio Vargas, 1930-1945, who patterned his regime on Salazar's Portugal; and even the beginnings of modern neo-corporatism.…”