F. Forattini

Beyond “Best Practices”: A Historical-Sociological Critique of Privatization, Decentralization, and Anti-Corruption Discourse in 1990s Brazil

In the post-Cold War 1990s, a homogenizing package of neoliberal reforms—centered on privatization, deregulation, and fiscal austerity—was globally promoted as a universal blueprint for modernization and clean governance. This article critically examines how, in Brazil, this globally promoted agenda was selectively ada...