luís inácio lula da silva president of brazil, 2003–10

■ Foreword Interest groups are both a positive and negative force in any society and their development and ac- ceptance as permanent political ﬁxtures, as well as the curbing of their worst manifestation, is essential to the success of recent democratic gains in Latin America. The collection of articles in this volume provides convincing evidence for their necessity. At the same time, the contributions explore the many contradictions in the role of interests in a democracy and particularly the democracies in our region. Until recently, Latin American politics has been known for elitism and political corruption. These circumstances were very much the product of an ex- clusive, narrow-based set of special interests and power groups. Ironically, as Latin American democracies develop the political antidote to exclusiveness is more interests and interest groups to embrace the broadest range of economic, social and political groups and opinions in society that is possible and the prevention of excesses by power groups. In this regard, the subtitle of this volume expressly states the main question concerning interest groups in Latin America: Does the surge in democracy that Latin America has experienced over the past three decades signify a new era for interests and interest groups? I'd like to think it does, but turning back centuries of history is not done overnight. We should be cautious, however, of using a broad brush and generalizations to refer to all Latin American countries. Clearly realizing this, the collection of articles in this volume is very helpful in pointing out similarities and major differences across the region. They certainly have no deﬁnitive answers, but they provide different perspectives on the role of interest groups in general and, in par- ticular, assess the extent to which the interest group system that has emerged in individual countries in the region over the past three decades advances or retards democratic consolidation. In short, these articles will help the readers to understand the region and promote an informed de- bate about interest groups. Luís Inácio Lula da Silva President of Brazil, 2003-10 November, 17, 2010 Journal of Public Affairs (2011) Published online in Wiley Online Library (www.wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/pa.411 Copyright # 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Post on 11-Aug-2016

223 views

Category:

Documents

3 download

Report

Download

Embed Size (px):

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Luís Inácio Lula da Silva President of Brazil, 2003–10

Journal of Public Affairs (2011)Published online in Wiley Online Library(www.wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/pa.411

■ Foreword

Interest groups are both a positive and negativeforce in any society and their development and ac-ceptance as permanent political fixtures, as well asthe curbing of their worst manifestation, is essentialto the success of recent democratic gains in LatinAmerica. The collection of articles in this volumeprovides convincing evidence for their necessity.At the same time, the contributions explore the manycontradictions in the role of interests in a democracyand particularly the democracies in our region.

Until recently, Latin American politics has beenknown for elitism and political corruption. Thesecircumstances were very much the product of an ex-clusive, narrow-based set of special interests andpower groups. Ironically, as Latin American democ-racies develop the political antidote to exclusivenessis more interests and interest groups to embrace thebroadest range of economic, social and politicalgroups and opinions in society that is possible andthe prevention of excesses by power groups. In thisregard, the subtitle of this volume expressly statesthe main question concerning interest groups inLatin America: Does the surge in democracy that

Latin America has experienced over the past threedecades signify a new era for interests and interestgroups? I'd like to think it does, but turning backcenturies of history is not done overnight.We should be cautious, however, of using a broad

brush and generalizations to refer to all LatinAmerican countries. Clearly realizing this, the col-lection of articles in this volume is very helpful inpointing out similarities and major differencesacross the region. They certainly have no definitiveanswers, but they provide different perspectiveson the role of interest groups in general and, in par-ticular, assess the extent to which the interest groupsystem that has emerged in individual countries inthe region over the past three decades advances orretards democratic consolidation.In short, these articles will help the readers to

understand the region and promote an informed de-bate about interest groups.

Luís Inácio Lula da SilvaPresident of Brazil, 2003-10

November, 17, 2010

Presidente da República Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvavarandadelivros.com/PDF-BAIXAR/Ensino de Portugues para Surdos II... · Presidente da República Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Ministro

Governo Lula. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Data de nascimento: 27 de outubro de 1945; Local: Garanhuns (PE); Partido: Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT); Tempo

Sumário - anexos.datalegis.inf.branexos.datalegis.inf.br/tm/DO2_2010_02_11_integra.pdf · LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA Luiz Paulo Teles Ferreira Barreto Nº 55 - DISPENSAR VICENTE

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva...Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Presidente da República Nilcéa Freire Ministra Chefe da Secretaria de Políticas para as Mulheres da Presidência da República

MEDINDO A GOVERNABILIDADE NO BRASIL...de FHC (Fernando Henrique Cardoso), Lula (Luis Inácio Lula da Silva) e Dilma (Dilma Vana Rousseff). Esse recorte temporal deve-se a três principais

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva José Henrique Paim … da República Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Ministro da Educação Fernando Haddad Secretário Executivo José Henrique Paim Fernandes

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva José Henrique Paim Fernandesatividadeparaeducacaoespecial.com/wp-content/... · Presidente da República Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Ministro da Educação

UNESP UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTA · Q5- Geração X 47 ... Q12- Quadro Comparativo Competência em Informação em Media Literacy 90 ... LULA Luis Inácio Lula da Silva

politica.estadao.com.br · Luiz Rodrigues Wambier- arrolado por Antônio Palocci Filho e Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Mário Márcio Castrillon de Aquino- arrolado por Luiz Inácio