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      Brazil: Extractive Capitalism and the Great Leap Backward

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      World Review of Political Economy
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      neoliberalism, extractive capitalism, class struggle
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            Abstract

            This article examines Brazil's economic, social and environmental policy under neoliberal and center-left regimes, and finds substantial continuities in promoting an extractive economic development strategy. The devastating impacts on the Amazon, and the continuation in class inequalities counter the reformist imagery of the Workers' Party regime. The study emphasizes the utility of class analysis in deconstructing ideological identities.

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            Journal
            10.13169
            worlrevipoliecon
            World Review of Political Economy
            Pluto Journals
            2042891X
            20428928
            Winter 2013
            : 4
            : 4
            : 469-483
            Article
            worlrevipoliecon.4.4.0469
            10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.4.4.0469
            79c99df2-88a9-414e-be5d-30d9ce9675db
            Copyright 2013 World Association for Political Economy

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            Political economics
            extractive capitalism,neoliberalism,class struggle

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