Federalism and Consocional Practices: The Lula Government, One Year On
The Lula Government in Brazil was understood as a commitment to a new way of dealing with policy, both with regard to domestic issues and to international ones. Brazil is the point of reference for the “spirit of Porto Alegre,” an alternative conception of and movement inresponse to globalisation. I...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
2004-05-01
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| Series: | Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cidob.org/es/content/download/3440/36608/file/65requejo.pdf |
| Summary: | The Lula Government in Brazil was understood as a commitment to a new way of dealing with policy, both with regard to domestic issues and to international ones. Brazil is the point of reference for the “spirit of Porto Alegre,” an alternative conception of and movement inresponse to globalisation. It is also a point of reference in policies for combatting poverty and extreme inequalities and for fighting for a more integrated and solidary world. As concreteexamples of the proposals of a new policy, the following two issues are analysed in this article. In the first place, there is the redefinition of Brazilian fiscal federalism, which, after a year ofgoverning by Lula, has not progressed toward a federal and municipal decentralisation that would fairly and effectively make the different levels of government co-responsible in the areas of revenues and expenditures. In the second place, the Workers Party has had to get the sectors of productive and financial capital, as well as certain areas of the middle class, involved in its political project, in the process of establishing the bases for a consocional policy. Thus, in the social and federal spheres, the Lula Government remains situated in the area of expectations. |
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| ISSN: | 1133-6595 2013-035X |