Out with the Old, in with the New: A New Perspective to the Brazilian Populist Democracy (1946-1964)

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Brief Overview

From the Ideational Approach to populism, this paper applies holistic grading to analyze speeches from six Brazilian presidents between 1946-1964. Results show populism was overestimated by Brazilian scholars.

Authors

• Gustavo Venturelli, University of São Paulo

• Eduardo Ryô Tamaki, German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)