Economic and social conditions of Black people in Brazil, 2003-2016: an interpretation through the theory of neocolonialism
This dissertation intends to carry out a socio-economic analysis of the situation of the black population in
contemporary Brazil using as a subsidy not only the national literature available on the subject but
also the literature that discusses the phenomenon of the so-called neocolonialism, particularly from
the works of K. Nkrumah and Amílcar Cabral. From the available literature,
we do at first a discussion of the historical conditions of the black people's conditions in Brazil,
and then intepret them through the approach of the theory of neocolonialism. We next make a general survey
and an analysis of the recent evolution of the main socio-economic indicators related to the
situation of the Brazilian black population at the beginning of this century. We highlight variations
in income, positions in the labor market, access to education and others that relate to participation
in the collective wealth of the country, as far as the available data can allow. We then proceed to the
final part of the interpretation of these data, based on the premises of the theory of neocolonialism.
However, at the same time, the work maintains a discussion with the literature on Brazilian conditions, seeking
to highlight the possible specificities of the Brazilian case in relation to the approach of neocolonialism.