Passive revolution in Brazil: struggles over hegemony, religion and development 1964–2007

Philip Roberts

Third World Quarterly, 2015, vol. 36, issue 9, 1663-1681

Abstract: This article examines transformations of the role of religion in Brazil, focused on two transitions within the national political economy. A Gramscian framework of analysis is used to investigate the shift from import substitution industrialisation to neoliberalism, and the varying role of religion within class struggles in each period. The central argument is that Brazil has moved from a period of ‘passive revolution’ to one of ‘hegemony’, and that the role of religion has changed significantly in this period. The article examines ideas, institutions and social forces, with particular attention to the Landless Workers Movement and its relationship with Liberation Theology.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1045861

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