Nationalism, Economic Liberalism, and Populism in the Bolsonaro Government

Given the neoliberal agenda implemented by Paulo Guedes’s Ministry of the Economy, the Bolsonaro government’s nationalist stance has prompted academic debates over its rationales. Once the populist and conservative foundations of that nationalism are understood, however, there is no contradiction be...

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Published in:Latin American perspectives 2023-09, Vol.50 (5), p.82-99
Main Authors: de Paula, Luiz Fernando, Machado, Pedro Lange, Cannone, Helio
Format: Article
Language:English
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Debates
Economic policy
Government
Liberalism
Nationalism
Neoliberalism
Populism
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Summary:Given the neoliberal agenda implemented by Paulo Guedes’s Ministry of the Economy, the Bolsonaro government’s nationalist stance has prompted academic debates over its rationales. Once the populist and conservative foundations of that nationalism are understood, however, there is no contradiction between it and Bolsonaro’s economic policy. La agenda neoliberal implementada por el Ministerio de Economía de Paulo Guedes aparentemente cuestiona la postura nacionalista del gobierno de Bolsonaro y ha provocado debates académicos en torno a sus razones fundamentales. Sin embargo, una vez que se entienden las razones populistas y el conservatismo detrás de dicho nacionalismo, no hay contradicción entre estas y la política económica de Bolsonaro.
ISSN:0094-582X
1552-678X
DOI:10.1177/0094582X231206365