| Summary: | The article explores the connection between the building of a support base for the regime established in Brazil in 1930 and the creation of corporatist institutions, notably the representation of different social groups and official trade unionism. The introduction of these institutions by the regime opened channels for the representation of previously marginalized social groups, or those relegated to a secondary level in relation to intermediation with the state: industries, the middle class, and urban workers. In the National Constituent Assembly held between 1933 and 1934 the regime’s attitudes toward corporatist bodies were debated and met resistance, especially by representatives of the Catholic Church and state oligarchies. Nevertheless, according to the constitution enacted afterwards and ordinary legislation, the regime was successful in maintaining both the representation of social groups and the corporatist trade union organization. This article is part of the special theme section on Failed Constitutional Projects in Portugal and Brazil, 20th Century, guest-edited by Paula Borges Santos and Ivo Veiga.
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