Eroding military influence in Brazil

By Wendy Hunter

Subjects: Politics and government, Civil-military relations, Brazil, politics and government

Description: "Major reconsideration of civil-military relations in post-authoritarian Brazil uses case studies of labor rights, federal budgeting, and control over Amazonia to argue that logic of competitive politics allowed civilian politicians to gradually erode military influence. Well researched and documented"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.