Dados is one of the most widely-read social sciences journals in Latin America. Created in 1966, it publishes innovative works, originating from academic research, by Brazilian and foreign authors. Edited by IESP-UERJ, it aims to reconcile scientific rigor and academic excellence with an emphasis on public debate based on the analysis of substantive issues of society and politics.
Dados vol. 36 n. 3 Rio de Janeiro 1993
Abstract
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.
A Reforma Sanitária "Pelo Alto": O Pioneirismo Paulista no Início do Século XX
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