Artigo



Dados vol. 36 n. 3 Rio de Janeiro 1993

A Reforma Sanitária "Pelo Alto": O Pioneirismo Paulista no Início do Século XX

Santos, Luiz A. de Castro

Resumo

Central among the article's main purposes is an analysis of the historical roots (in the broad sense, i.e., from sociopolitical, economic, and ideological angles) of Brazil's first successful effort in sanitary reform, under the so-called First Republic. Following a historical-sociological approach, research of the São Paulo case underscored the role played inside the reform movement by coffee interests, by the pressure of foreign immigration, by an intellectual climate favorable to scientific progress and State action, and by a single-party political scenario which saw the tightening of ties between the government and oligarchies and occasioned the first reform measures. The conservative nature of the ideology of change and the narrow limits of the victories in the public health field are stressed. This was a reformist movement "from above": guided by the ideas and interests of the São Paulo oligarchies.

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A Reforma Sanitária "Pelo Alto": O Pioneirismo Paulista no Início do Século XX