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Brazil: Contesting the Rules of Government

By: Sophus A. Reinert and Jonathan Schlefer
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:19
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Abstract

Brazilian factions so fiercely opposed one another that for a century and a half they had contested not just state policies but the rules and structure of the state itself. Was this politics, so unlike the Western political ideal, sign of an immature or failing democracy? Or was it a viable approach to governance, given the fact of fierce and unsettled social dispute?

Keywords

Governance; Policy; Government Administration; Government and Politics; Social Issues; Brazil

Citation

Reinert, Sophus A., and Jonathan Schlefer. "Brazil: Contesting the Rules of Government." Harvard Business School Case 720-026, March 2020.
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Sophus A. Reinert

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