New Order and Progress: Development and Democracy in Brazil

Ben Ross Schneider's volume, New Order and Progress takes a thorough look at the political economy of Brazil. The distinctive perspective of the 11 chapters is historical, comparative, and theoretical. Collectively, the chapters offer sobering insight into why Brazil has not been the rising economic star of the BRIC that many predicted it would be, but also documents the gains that Brazil has made toward greater equality and stability. The book is grouped into four parts covering Brazil's development strategy, governance, social change, and political representation. The authors -18 leading experts from Brazil and the United States - analyze core issues in Brazil's evolving political economy, including falling inequality, the new middle class, equalizing federalism, the politicization of the federal bureaucracy, resurgent state capitalism, labor market discrimination, survival of political dynasties, the expansion of suffrage, oil and the resource curse, exchange rates and capital controls, protest movements, and the frayed social contract. Available in OSO: Contributors to this volume - Marta Arretche is a Full Professor in the Department of Political Science of the University of Sao Paulo. Sarah M. Brooks is an Associate Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University. Francisco H. G. Ferreira is a Senior Adviser in the World Bank's Development Research Group. Sergio Firpo is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Sao Paulo School of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation. Kevin P. Gallagher is a Professor of Global Development Policy at Boston University's Pardee School for Global Studies. F. Daniel Hidalgo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Marcus J. Kurtz is a Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University. Sergio G. Lazzarini is a Professor of Organization and Strategy at Insper Institute of Education and Research. Renato Lima de Oliveira is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Marcus Andre Melo is a Professor of Political Science at the Federal University of Pernambuco. Julian Messina is the Lead Economist in the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank. Aldo Musacchio is an Associate Professor of Business at the International Business School, Brandeis University. Barbara Nunberg is a Professor of Professional Practice at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Regina Silvia Pacheco is a Professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Sao Paulo and Dean of the Masters in Public Policy and Management. Timothy J. Power is the University Lecturer in Brazilian Studies and a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford. Daniela Magalhaes Prates is a Professor of Economics at the State University of Campinas and researcher of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Tyler Priest is an Associate Professor of History and Geography at the University of Iowa. Ben Ross Schneider is the Ford International Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Director of the MIT-Brazil Program.