Origins, development and aspects of colonelism
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https://doi.org/10.29373/semaspas.v19n1.2017.10249Keywords:
Coronelism, Origin, Perpetuation political, Clientelism,Abstract
We intend, through the reflection contained here, to study some aspects of coronelism, in order to understand how this system brought negative consequences to the political history of Brazil. Being more specific, the present work aims to analyze the origins, the elements that contributed to the development of the coronelist structure and the characteristics of the colonels. In addition, this analysis aims to demonstrate how this system has been able to perpetuate itself throughout history, but under new format and name. In this sense, we turned to literature, especially to the novel Gabriela cravo e canela (1958) by Jorge Amado (1912-2001), as well as to political science through the books Coronelismo, enxada e voto (1948) by Victor Nunes Leal (1914-1985) and O mandonismo local na vida política brasileira (1957) by Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz.Downloads
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