Brazilian laborism in rehabilitation: the explanatory limits of populism
Based on the reflections of authors such as Reis (2007), Gomes (2001, 2005, 2014b) and Jorge Ferreira (2005), this article aims to analyze Brazilian Laborism as an expression of the Brazilian left; a fact not very evident within specific literature such as Konder (2003) and Chacon (1981). In fact, I...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) |
| Repositorio: | Estudos de Sociologia (Recife. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.periodicos.ufpe.br:article/266412 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revsocio/article/view/266412 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | trabalhismo populismo esquerdas desenvolvimentismo labourism populism left developmentalism |
| Sumario: | Based on the reflections of authors such as Reis (2007), Gomes (2001, 2005, 2014b) and Jorge Ferreira (2005), this article aims to analyze Brazilian Laborism as an expression of the Brazilian left; a fact not very evident within specific literature such as Konder (2003) and Chacon (1981). In fact, I use the term left in the plural in view of the multiplicity of projects surrounding this political field. Defending a national-developmentalist project, the Labor movement from the 1930s to the 1960s developed characteristics such as nationalism, statism, reformism and anti-imperialism. Such characteristics, within the Brazilian reality marked by dependent capitalism, can be considered as a left-wing political project. Within a methodological framework based on theoretical research, I reflect on a political experience with intense influence in the past and consequent repercussions in the present. Therefore, I distance myself from historiographical approaches that did not consider and/or hid the Labor Party as an integral part of the Brazilian left, limiting the phenomenon to mere populist manipulation. Among these authors, I will highlight Weffort (2003). To achieve the objectives set out above, I take as a basis the actions of the former Brazilian Labor Party (PTB) and its main leaders (Getúlio Vargas, João Goulart e Leonel Brizola). |
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