Pereira and Mattei bring contributors together in this exciting volume to further understanding about the recent Brazilian Economic Development Model and discuss the related social conditions. The authors analyze both the political economy and social public policies to highlight new opportunities to create a sustainable development model.

List Of Figures And TablesNotes On ContributorsPART I: INTRODUCTION1. Dilemmas Of Brazilian Economic Development In The Threshold Of The Twenty-First Century; Lauro Mattei And Anthony PereiraPART II: THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ORDER AND ITS CRISIS2. Neoliberalism, Austerity, And CrisisAlex Callinicos3. Brazilian Economy After The Global Crisis: An Assessment Of The Economic Slowdown In 2011-2012; Luiz Fernando De Paula, André De Melo Modenesi And Manoel Carlos C. PiresPART III: THE BRAZILIAN ECONOMY TODAY: SITUATION AND CHALLENGES4. The Economic Policies And Performance Of Brazil¿S Leftis¿Government: A Critical Analysis; Fernando Ferrari Filho5. Brazil After The Great Recession: Searching For A Coherent Development Satrategy; Philip Arestis, André Moreira Cunha, Fernando Ferrari Filho And Julimar Da Silva Bichara6. The Macroeconomic Tripod And The Workers`Party Administration; Luiz Carlos Bresser-PereiraPART IV: THE SOCIAL SITUATION IN BRAZIL TODAY7. Structural Changes In Brazil: Improvments And Limits; Vanessa Petrelli Corrêa, Claudio Hamilton Dos Santos And Niemeyer Almeida Filho8. Development Patterns, Labor Market And Social Protection: The Brazilian Experience Between The Liberal Decade (1990s) And Developmentalism Decade (2000s); José Celso Cardoso Júnior And Cláudia Satie Hamasaki9. Social Policy Against Poverty In Brazil; Rosa Maria Marques