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Mass Protests under 'Left Neoliberalism': Brazil, June-July 2013

Saad Filho, Alfredo

Authors

Alfredo Saad Filho



Abstract

The mass movements in June and July 2013 were the largest and most significant protests in Brazil for a generation, and they have shaken up the country’s political system. They expressed a wide range of demands about public service provision and governance, and concerns with corruption. Their social base was broad, starting with students and left-wing activists and including, later, many middle-class protesters and specific categories of workers. The deep and contradictory frustrations expressed by those protests were symptomatic of a social malaise associated with neoliberalism, the power of the right-wing media, the limitations of the federal administrations led by the Workers’ Party (PT), the rapid growth of expectations in a dynamic country, and the atrophy of traditional forms of social representation. This article examines the political dilemmas posed by those movements, and suggests constructive alternatives for the left.

Citation

Saad Filho, A. (2013). Mass Protests under 'Left Neoliberalism': Brazil, June-July 2013. Critical Sociology, 39(5), 657-669. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920513501906

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2013
Deposit Date Jun 9, 2015
Journal Critical Sociology
Print ISSN 0896-9205
Electronic ISSN 1569-1632
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 39
Issue 5
Pages 657-669
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920513501906


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