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. 45 n. 3 Rio de Janeiro 2002
Abstract
In this article, we propose that the so-called 'conservative modernization' has been completed in Brazil. Dialectically, success led to overcoming both the conservative modernization itself and the 'regulated order' before a new integrative institutional frame could be fully developed. In advancing this argument, we review the recent literature on the agrarian issue and the political-institutional evolution of Brazil, in addition to an overall perspective of the theory of modernization and citizenship. Furthermore, we propose that there is no reason to imagine the prevalence of a homogenous modernity, which would only reproduce in Brazil what can be found elsewhere. Consequently, we propound that, in contemporary Brazil, we find a specific modernity in which stands out the neo-thomist tradition of the country.
Keywords: conservative modernization, polyarchy, neo-thomism
DOI: 10.1590/S0011-52582002000300005
Conservative modernization dialectics and the new Brazilian history
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