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Governance, leadership and democracy

Brazil emerged from 21 years of authoritarian rule in the mid-1980s, part of a global wave of democratisation. This research group explores the transition to democracy, the quality of democracy, transitional justice and human rights, and debates about threats and improvements to democracy in contemporary Brazil. Using comparative and global perspectives, researchers in this group examine democratic practices, institutions, discourses, and reforms.

Members

Sacha Darke

Sacha Darke

Affiliate

Thomas Deckker

Thomas Deckker

Affiliate

Felipe Estre

Felipe Estre

PhD student

Octavio Ferraz

Octavio Ferraz

Professor of Law

Richard Lapper

Richard Lapper

Affiliate Researcher

Fernanda Odilla

Fernanda Odilla

Research Affiliate

Anthony Pereira

Anthony Pereira

Professor of Brazilian Studies

Darcio Pimenta

Darcio Pimenta

PhD student at the King's Brazil Insititute

Alfredo Saad-Filho

Alfredo Saad-Filho

Head, Department of International Development

Ingrid Aguiar Schlindwein

Ingrid Aguiar Schlindwein

PhD student at the King's Brazil Insititute

Octavio Ferraz, Health as a human right: The politics and judicialisation of health in Brazil (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

Fernanda Odilla Vasconcellos de Figueiredo, “Oversee and punish: Understanding the fight against corruption involving government workers in Brazil” in Politics and Governance, Volume 8, Number 2, 2020, pp. 140-152.

Richard Lapper, Beef, bible, and bullets: Brazil in the age of Bolsonaro (Manchester University Press, 2021).

Anthony Pereira, Modern Brazil: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2020).

Anthony Pereira, “Samuel P. Huntington, ‘Decompression’ and Democracy in Brazil” in Journal of Latin American Studies, forthcoming.

Jeffrey Garmany and Anthony Pereira, Understanding Contemporary Brazil (Routledge, 2018).

Alfredo Saad Filho and Lecio Morais, Brazil: Neoliberalism vs Democracy (Pluto Press, 2018).

Alfredo Saad Filhoa and Juan Grigera, eds., “The nature of the PT governments: A variety of neoliberalism?” in Latin American Perspectives, Issue 230, Volume 47, Number 1, January 2020, pp. 4-186 and Number 2, March 2020, pp. 4-174.