President Fernando Henrique Cardoso on a decade of social and economic change in Brazil

Abstract

Executive Overview Executive Overview Fernando Henrique Cardoso has been the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil since January 1. 1995. He was reelected in 1998 in the first elections round, with 53% of the vote. Prior to becoming a public figure, sociologist Fernando Henrique Cardoso had a successful career in academia. He was associate director of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, and visiting professor at the College de France and the University of Paris-Nanterre. He also taught at Cambridge, Stanford, and Berkeley. He was chairman of the International Sociology Association (ISA), 1982-1986. He is currently professor emeritus at the Sao Paulo University. He has published many articles, both in Brazil and abroad, chief among which are “Mudancas socials na America latina” (“Social Changes in Latin America”), “Dependency and Development in Latin America” (with Enzo Faletto), “Politico e Desenvolvimento em Sociedades Dependentes” (“Politics and Development in Dependent Soc...