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06/21/2005
Associated development
Associated development is a part of dependent development, which came after the dependent development. Former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso coined the phrase “associated dependent development” to describe the relationship between national political power and international economic forces in Brazil. Cardoso is a strong critic of the new authoritarian government, and is especially critical of their economic policies. Fernando Cardoso takes a look at all the different effects that development policies have taken on Brazil in the last few decades. Within this analysis Cardoso intends to prove that the regime within Brazil has brought about many changes that help Brazil as a nation, not all of the changes have been economic but some have also been social and political. Thus, the changes help to elevate Brazil to the standards that are set by the rest of the industrialized world.
Cardoso holds three main goals. The first is to take a look at how the new regime emerged and why it is different from other political movements, the second deals with other thinkers views on the regime and the third deals with Brazilian development of the future. Cardoso referred to internal conditions and attention was drawn not only to economic structures but also to social classes, the distribution of power in the society and the role of the state. He regarded that the national bourgeoisies of the dependent societies are capable of shaping development if they are potentially powerful. Cardoso is also very critical of the role of the 1964 dictatorial regime. He feels that the outstanding growth that the country has experienced under that regime is misleading. The despotic regime has allowed for a diffusion of Brazilian culture into an increasingly internationalist arena, both commercial and in the media. Cardoso also points out that the continued growth under the regime has not involved most Brazilians. The gains have been beneficial to the small middle class and elites, while the majority of Brazilians have gotten relatively poorer.
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