Alfredo Saad Filho
Mass Protests under 'Left Neoliberalism': Brazil, June-July 2013
Saad Filho, Alfredo
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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 |
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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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