Open AccessBrazil: radicalization of the political process (2013–2019)
Author(s) -
Liudmila Okuneva
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iberoamerikanskie tetradi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-5219
pISSN - 2409-3416
DOI - 10.46272/2409-3416-2019-3-7-11
Subject(s) - radicalization , politics , left wing politics , presidential system , political science , prison , political economy , polarization (electrochemistry) , development economics , sociology , law , economics , chemistry
The article is devoted to the analysis of such an important trend in the development of the political process in modern Brazil as radicalization and polarization. These trends began to appear even from the mass social movements of 2013, gradually gained strength, and became decisive in the series of presidential elections in 2014 and 2018 and are now the main trend of Brazilian politics. The release of prison in November 2019 and the inclusion in the political live of the former president Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva, the largest leftist Brazilian politician, can give a special impetus to political radicalization.