The Limits of Brazilian Economic Development from 2007 to 2014 based on the Theory of Dependence: Challenges and Alternatives
This research aims to understand the limits of Brazilian economic development
from 2007 to 2014, during the second Lula administration and the first Dilma
government, in the light of theories of dependence, with emphasis on Marxist
theory, but with contributions from structuralists. To achieve this objective, a
bibliographic review of the theories of economic dependence will be made,
investigating the historical and regional characteristics of this process in order to
understand the possibilities and limitations of the development model applied to
Brazil in the period. Some socioeconomic indicators of the country will be
analyzed, in order to verify important issues such as economic financialization,
deindustrialization and neo-extractivism and public investments in science and
technology. Based on these data, we intend to evaluate the development and
economic dependence of Brazil and the hypothesis that it was a neo-
developmentalist period. From this analysis, possible dialogues between the
Theory of dependence and the currents of thought that currently deal with
issues such as neo-extractivism and financialization and point to alternative
horizons to the idea of development thought in the post-war period will also be
investigated. To substantiate the investigation, the main reports and
socioeconomic indicators revealed by the Central Bank (BC), the Brazilian
Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the Institute of Applied
Economic Research (IPEA) will be monitored during the period of the
governments studied, in order to analyze the results of public policies and the
guidelines of measures for economic policy.