Developmentalism, Bonapartism and populism: debates

Abstract

This article analyses the different approaches to the Vargas Era proposed in recent works that emphasize Vargas as an epic of an injustified national hero, as Bonapartism and as a manifestation of a national-developmentalist project. The balance takes into account the contributions and possible limitations of each work and especially its position in the political debate on developmentalism and its feasibility as a project for the future.

Keywords

• vargas era
• developmentalism
• bonapartism