Abstract
espanolEste articulo detalla los origenes y la evolucion del sistema de proteccion social brasileno desde la epoca del Estado Novo de Getulio Vargas hasta los regimenes militares de 1964 a 1985. El caso de Brasil es bastante inusual, ya que el Estado de Bienestar fue creado por gobiernos no democraticos. Este enfoque de arriba hacia abajo respondio a las necesidades del gobierno tanto de satisfacer las demandas de una clase trabajadora moderna en un pais de reciente industrializacion como de controlar protestas populares y concitar apoyo. A pesar de sus origenes y su estructura autoritaria, gran parte de este sistema ha sobrevivido en la era post-militar, siendo hoy, con modestos cambios de enfasis, la base del Estado de Bienestar brasileno. EnglishThis article details the origins and evolution of the Brazilian welfare system from the time of the Estado Novo of Getulio Vargas through the military regimes of 1964-1985. Brazil’s case is fairly unusual in that its construction of the welfare state was created by non-democratic governments. This top down approach we argue responded to government needs to provide for a modern working class for a newly industrializing nation and to control popular protest and generate support. Yet for all its authoritarian origins and structure, much of the system which was created has survived into the post-military era, with only modest change of emphasis, and is today the basis for Brazil’s social welfare state.
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