Political Sociology in Brazil: Making Sense of History
Author(s)
Reis, Elisa P.
Abstract
Brazilian political sociology since the late 1960s has generally employed a theoretical model that explains national and international politics as an historical outgrowth of imperialism, but from neither a Marxist nor a Western ethnocentric perspective. Research topics have always reflected recent Brazilian historical experience. Studies of authoritarianism were prevalent during the 1970s, while research on democracy-building has characterized the 1980s and 1990s. Democratization studies have focused on institutions, economic factors, and citizen participation in politics.
