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Democracy on a Tightrope explores the complex relationship between politics and bureaucracy in Brazil's democratic development since the 1988 Constitution. Drawing from academic research and firsthand government experience, Pedro Abramovay and Gabriela Lotta examine how technocracy, meritocracy, and institutional power can both support and undermine democratic governance. Through vivid case studies—from drug policy to the Internet Bill of Rights—the book reveals how balancing political legitimacy with bureaucratic expertise is essential to building an inclusive, participatory democracy that resists authoritarian drift.
Contents
Translators' Note
Introduction: The Engine of Democracy
PART I. Politics and Bureaucracy
Chapter 1. The Fetishization of Meritocracy
Chapter 2. Old and New Patterns of Relations between the State and Society in Brazil
Chapter 3. Administrative Reform under Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
PART II. Democracy Struggling to Balance: Bureaucracy Overrides Politics
Chapter 4. The Access to Information Law
Chapter 5. The Battisti Case
PART III. Democracy Struggling to Balance: Bureaucratic Disdain for Politics
Chapter 6. Drug Policy
Chapter 7. The ENCCLA Anti-Corruption Network and Operation Carwash
PART IV. Democracy Striking a Balance: Politics and Bureaucracy Foster Democracy
Chapter 8. The Thinking About the Law Initiative
Chapter 9. The Statute of Indigenous Peoples
Chapter 10. The Dry Law
Chapter 11. The Internet Bill of Rights
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Bibliography
Supplementary Reading
Index
