This book assesses the performance of the first Lula government (2002-06) from different perspectives including economics, politics, history and social policy. While the focus is on Brazil, it also refers to the experiences of similar countries both for comparative purposes and for evidence of...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Boxes -- List of Diagrams -- Preface, Preliminaries and Acknowledgements -- 1 Locating Microeconomics -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 Microeconomics as History of Economic Thought -- 1.3 From Marginalist Revolution ... -- 1.4 ... Through Methodology...