Flôres, Renato G.2013-08-272013-08-272013http://hdl.handle.net/10625/51581This chapter aims to understand the Brazilian political and social dynamics, identifying main features that affect the process of growth and development. The analysis covers eighty years, paying more attention to the period after 1989, and arguing that the personalities of particular Presidents, and the policies they pursued, were critical in shaping Brazil’s development experience. More than a model of development, the Brazilian experience highlights the importance of government policies, and of the divides between different social classes and regions. Brazil offers a case study of economic growth which combines both textbook and unorthodox policies.Text1 digital file (43 p. : ill.)Application/pdfenBRAZILGOVERNMENT POLICYECONOMIC GROWTHCLASS STRUGGLEPOVERTY MITIGATIONECONOMIC POLICYSOUTH AMERICADEVELOPMENT THEORYGOVERNMENT ROLENATIONALIZATIONBook Chapter