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Democracy and Reform in Cardoso's Brazil: Caught Between Clientelism and Global Markets?
William C. Smith and Nizar Messari
North South Center
University of Miami
September 1998
Abstract
This paper explores President Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s record and his attempt to seek reelection on October 4 over the challenge of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, candidate of the Workers’ Party (PT) and the left. These events are examined in the context of a central, inescapable dilemma of contemporary Brazilian politics: how to reconcile the exigencies of the market and globalization with the equally compelling needs to promote democracy while combating poverty, violence, and social exclusion. The paper concludes with analyses of various alternative politico-economic scenarios for Brazil following the October elections.
