The Takeover of Social Policy by Financialization
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The Takeover of Social Policy by Financialization

The Brazilian Paradox

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The Takeover of Social Policy by Financialization

The Brazilian Paradox

About this book

This book upends the so-called post-neoliberal reading of the new wave of social and economic development in Brazil at the turn of the twentieth-first century. It uncovers what I term 'the Brazilian Paradox' that is, the recent ongoing shift towards a mass consumption society coterminous with the resilience of underdevelopment. I argue that the persistence of economic and social inequalities and of low levels of productivity shows that the long-hoped-for synergy between social and economic policy in Brazil was ruptured, thereby failing to engender a virtuous cycle of inclusive growth capable of putting an end to underdevelopment. The book provides a compelling analysis of how the current social policy model developed by the center-left majority ultimately gave rise to a finance-led mass consumption society, rather than unwinding a long history of structural heterogeneity which has barred Brazil from reaching the status of a developed country.

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Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781137491060
eBook ISBN
9781137491077
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Public Finance
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Contents
  4. List of Figures
  5. List of Tables
  6. Chapter 1: Introduction
  7. Chapter 2: Social Developmentalism asĀ aĀ Growth Model inĀ Times ofĀ Financialization
  8. Chapter 3: Financial Inclusion inĀ theĀ New Covenant forĀ Growth
  9. Chapter 4: Connections Between theĀ Social Protection System, Taxation, andĀ Financialization
  10. Chapter 5: Lingering Brazilian Paradoxes
  11. References
  12. Index