The Brazilian Military Regime of 1964-1985: Legacies for Contemporary Democracy

Autor:	Timothy J. Power
Jazyk:	English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Coup Dictatorship Authoritarianism Legacies Democratic consolidation Brazil History of Portugal DP501-900.22 History of Spain DP1-402 Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799 French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature PQ1-3999 Social Sciences
Zdroj:	Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal, Vol 16, Iss 62, Pp 13-26 (2016)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1577-3388 2255-520X
DOI:	10.18441/ibam.16.2016.62.13-26
Popis:	This article revisits the 21-year military dictatorship in Brazil to examine how it shaped subsequent democratic politics after the transition to civilian rule in 1985. In particular, six legacies are analysed. The paper begins by focusing on the relative legitimacy of the Brazilian military regime when compared to other dictatorships in the Southern Cone. The article then examines several variables which impact on the way politics has played out between 1985 and 2014: a high level of continuity of personnel inherited from the military period, an accentuated commitment to civil liberties (as in the Constitution of 1988), a more robust level of political competition compared to the pre-coup years, and a delayed but increasingly meaningful consideration of transitional justice issues. The article concludes by noting how mass mobilization (the street) engendered the collapse of the military regime in 1983-1984, and how this strategy of collective action has been repeated on several occasions under democracy.
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