La portugalización de Brasil

Authors

  • Philippe C. Schmitter

Abstract

Since the seizure of power by the Brazilian military in 1964, the course of events has moved towards the institutionalization of a permanent authoritarian regime. Deliberately, the Brazilian military rulers have pursued policies that have deprived public men and citizens of their autonomy, have narrowed the field of politically permissible solutions, and have eliminated all consequences of the system other than their own perpetuation in power. In doing so, they have revived a model of political development that seemed historically discredited. Portugal, having previously demonstrated the feasibility (and costs) of this type of response to pressures from a process of modernization and development, has provided what might be called the "archetype" of this typical system of authoritarian political domination. Hence the concept of "Portugueseization" applied to the process through which said regime is institutionalized.

Keywords:

Brazil, Military Regimes, Portugal, Authoritarianism, Development Models

Author Biography

Philippe C. Schmitter

Es actualmente profesor asociado en la Universidad de Chicago. Hizo su licenciatura en la Universidad de Ginebra y doctorado en la Universidad de California en Berkeley y ha sido profesor visitante en el Instituto de Ciencias Sociais de la Universidad de Brasil en Río de Janeiro, el Instituto para la Integración de América Latina en Buenos Aires y la Universidad de Harvard en Cambridge, Mass. Es autor de numerosos trabajos sobre integración regional, un libro sobre la política de grupos de interés en Brasil (Interest conflict and political change in Brazil, Stanford University Press, 1971) y varios análisis cuantitativos sobre dependencia y la política contemporánea latinoamericana.