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. 53 n. 4 Rio de Janeiro 2010
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Abstract
This article joins the persistent (and still current) effort to decipher the riddle of Brazil's equally persistent inequality. Resuming the interpretation of modern Brazil proposed by Juarez Brandão Lopes in the 1960s, the article proposes to revisit the 'Vargas Era' and its historical meaning and scope, in light of the reproduction of inequalities over time. The author contends that 'regulated citizenship' generated the expectation of social protection among Brazilian workers, feeding the promise of citizens' integration, which was not fulfilled, while performing the task of finally (but not definitively) incorporating workers as artifices in the Brazilian state-building process.
Keywords: Vargas Era, social inequalities, regulated citizenship, migrations, state-building
DOI: 10.1590/S0011-52582010000400001
A Brazilian utopia: Getúlio Vargas and welfare state building in a structurally unequal society
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