The Politics of the Precariat: From Populism to Lulista Hegemony : From Populism to Lulista Hegemony

Making Use Of The Theoretical Tools Of Marxist Critical Sociology, Ruy Braga Proposes An Innovative Reading Of The Social History Of Brazil - From Fordist Populism To The Current Lulista Hegemony - With The Politics Of The Precariat As An Analytical Vector. Ruy Braga's Analysis Seeks To Explain Both Economic Structural Processes (peripheral Fordism, Its Crisis, The Transition To Financed Post-fordism) And The Subjective Dimension Of The Proletariat Suffering From Precarity (the Anxiety Of The Subordinate, The Preoccupation Of The Worker, The Plebeian Or Classist Drive Of The Exploited). At The Moment When Plebeian Drive Is Returning To Stimulate Strike Activity In The Country, Underlined By The Recent Protests That Shook Brazil, This Book Impels Us To Reflect On The Limits Of The Current Model Of Brazilian Development. First Published In Portugese As 'a Politica Do Precariado: Do Populismo A Hegemonia' By Boitempo Editorial In 2012. The Formation Of The Reversal -- The Spectre Of The People -- The Fatalism Of The Weak -- The Transformation Of Hegemony In Reverse -- The Smile Of The Exploited -- The Anguish Of The Subalterns -- Conclusion: Let's Play That? -- Interventions -- Dilma And The Brazilian Utopia -- Uneasiness In The Kitchen -- Chronicle Of An Unforgettable Month -- For A Sociology Worthy Of June -- Rosa Parks In Itaquera -- The Most Visible Colour -- Challenging Hegemony -- The Era Of Pillage -- The End Of Lulism And The Palace Coup In Brazil -- Bibliography -- Index. By Ruy Braga ; Translated By Sean Purdy. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Making use of the theoretical tools of Marxist critical sociology, Ruy Braga proposes an innovative reading of the social history of Brazil – from Fordist populism to the Lulista hegemony – using the ‘politics of the precariat'as an analytical vector. Braga's analysis seeks to explain both economic and structural processes (peripheral Fordism, its crisis, the transition to financialised post-Fordism) and the subjective dimension of the proletariat suffering from precarity (the anxiety of the subordinate, the preoccupation of the worker, the plebeian or classist drive of the exploited). At the moment when the plebeian drive is once again stimulating strike activity in the country, underlined by the protests that have recently shaken Brazil, this book impels us to reflect on the limits of the current model of Brazilian development. First published in Portugese as A política do precariado: do populismo à hegemonia lulista by Boitempo Editorial in 2012. Making use of the theoretical tools of Marxist critical sociology, Ruy Braga proposes an innovative reading of the social history of Brazil - from Fordist populism to the Lulista hegemony - using the 'politics of the precariat' as an analytical vector. Braga's analysis seeks to explain both economic and structural processes (peripheral Fordism, its crisis, the transition to financialised post-Fordism) and the subjective dimension of the proletariat suffering from precarity (the anxiety of the subordinate, the preoccupation of the worker, the plebeian or classist drive of the exploited). At the moment when the plebeian drive is once again stimulating strike activity in the country, underlined by the protests that have recently shaken Brazil, this book impels us to reflect on the limits of the current model of Brazilian development. First published in Portugese as A poltica do do populismo hegemonia lulista by Boitempo Editorial in 2012. Making use of the theoretical tools of Marxist critical sociology, Ruy Braga proposes an innovative reading of the social history of Brazil - from Fordist populism to the current Lulista hegemony - with the "politics of the Precariat" as an analytical vector. Ruy Braga's analysis seeks to explain both economic structural processes (peripheral Fordism, its crisis, the transition to financed post-Fordism) and the subjective dimension of the proletariat suffering from precarity (the anxiety of the subordinate, the preoccupation of the worker, the plebeian or classist drive of the exploited). At the moment when plebeian drive is returning to stimulate strike activity in the country, underlined by the recent protests that shook Brazil, this book impels us to reflect on the limits of the current model of Brazilian development. First published in Portuguese as 'A politica do precariado: do populismo a hegemonia' by Boitempo Editorial in 2012 The formation of the reversal -- The spectre of the people -- The fatalism of the weak -- The transformation of hegemony in reverse -- The smile of the exploited -- The anguish of the subalterns -- Lulista hegemony : between social discontent and active will -- Telemarketers : the reverse of the reverse -- Final considerations -- Conclusion: "Let's play that?"--Interventions -- Dilma and the Brazilian utopia -- Unrest in the kitchen -- Chronicle of an unforgettable month -- For a sociology worthy of June -- Rosa Parks in itaquera -- The most visible colour -- Challenging hegemony -- The era of pillage -- The end of lulism and the palace coup in Brazil -- Bibliography -- Index