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Making a Brazilian New Deal: Oliveira Vianna and the Transnational Sources of Brazil's Corporatist Experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2018

MELISSA TEIXEIRA
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Abstract

This article explores the legal writings of Brazilian sociologist and jurist Francisco José de Oliveira Vianna to reveal the global context that shaped Brazil's corporatist experiment in the 1930s. From the Labour Ministry, Oliveira Vianna was at the forefront of legal and political debates over how to create corporatist laws and institutions. He was often cast as an authoritarian and retrograde thinker, yet this article looks beyond those categories to examine how his engagement with the US New Deal inserted corporatism into global debates over the role of the state in economic recovery and social welfare.

Spanish abstract

Este artículo explora los escritos jurídicos del sociólogo y jurista brasileño Francisco José de Oliveira Vianna para mostrar el contexto global en el que se forjó el experimento corporativista de Brasil en los 1930s. Desde el Ministerio del Trabajo, Oliveira Vianna estuvo a la cabeza de los debates legales y políticos alrededor de cómo crear leyes e instituciones corporativas. Oliveira Vianna está catalogado con frecuencia como un pensador autoritario y retrógrado, pero este artículo mira más allá de estas categorías para examinar más bien cómo su conexión con el New Deal estadounidense incorporó el corporativismo a los debates globales sobre el papel del estado en la recuperación económica y el bienestar social.

Portuguese abstract

Este artigo explora os textos jurídicos do sociólogo e jurista brasileiro Francisco José de Oliveira Vianna para expor o contexto global que moldou o experimento corporativista dos anos 30 no Brasil. Oliveira Vianna, do Ministério do Trabalho, esteve à frente dos debates políticos e legais sobre como criar leis e instituições corporativistas. Oliveira Vianna é geralmente classificado como pensador autoritário e retrógrado, mas esse artigo vai além dessas categorias para examinar como o seu envolvimento com o New Deal dos EUA inseriu o corporativismo em debates globais sobre o papel do Estado na recuperação da economia e no bem-estar social.

Keywords

Brazillegal and constitutional historyUS New DealOliveira Viannacorporatismglobal historyBrasilhistoria del pensamiento jurídico y constitucionalUS New DealOliveira Viannacorporativismohistoria globalBrasilhistória constitucional e legalUS New DealOliveira Viannacorporatismohistória global
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Journal of Latin American Studies , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , August 2018 , pp. 613 - 641
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Footnotes

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For their helpful suggestions and insight, I would like to thank Jeremy Adelman, André Botelho, Pablo Fernandez-Vazquez, Christopher Florio, John French, Hendrik Hartog, Robert Karl, Rebecca Rix, Daniel Rodgers and Barbara Weinstein. The article also benefited from the thoughtful readings and insightful comments provided by three anonymous reviewers and editors at JLAS. All shortcomings are my own. Research for this article was made possible with funding from the Fulbright Commission in Brazil, Princeton Program in Latin American Studies, and a History Project grant, as well as the invaluable support of archivists and staff at the Casa de Oliveira Vianna in Niterói, Brazil.

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