Neoliberalismo como Autoritarismo no Brasil Contemporâneo: declínio democrático e perecimento constitucional em nome do mercado, da ordem e da família: Neo-liberalism as Authoritarianism in Contemporary Brazil: democratic decline and constitutional meltdown in the name of market, order and family

Abstract The article, based upon a theoretical research and presented as an essay, aims at interpreting Brazilian contemporary context, under which democracy and constitutionalism wither away. Firstly, a theoretical review is accomplished, in order to define the category neo-liberalism, as well as to justify its adoption to depict Brazilian reality. The Brazilian social and institutional crisis is then assessed with some remarks on the institutional rupture that took place in 2016, the New Fiscal Regime and the lack of electoral integrity of the presidential race in 2018. The scientific contribution that is expected to be presented is the identification of Brazilian´s context as a paradigmatic case of the phenomenon described by Melinda Cooper as an encounter between neo-liberalism and new social conservatism.