In Cardoso's own words, he explicitly rejects capitalism and proposes
socialism as the best solution. He wrote:
"It is not realistic to imagine that captalist development will solve
the basic problems for the majority of the population. In the end, what
has to be discussed as an alternative is not the consolidation of the
state and the fulfillment of 'autonomous capitalism,' but how to superced
them. The important question, then, is how to construct paths toward
socialism." (Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Enzo Faletto, Dependency and
Development in Latin America (Berkeley: University of California Press,
1979), p. xxiv.
Cardoso, in fact blames the bourgeoise developmentalists and the
state (the military government) for facilitating the situation of
dependency. He writes, ". . . the state has assumed an increasingly
repressive character, and dominant classes in a majority of countries
have proposed policies increasingly removed from popular interest. They
have rendered viable a "peripheral" capitalist development, adopting a
growth model based on replication--almost in caricature of the
consumption styles and industrialization patterns of the central
capitalist countries . . . . Under these conditions, the state and the
nation have become separated" (Carsoso and Faletto, 201-02).
For better or worse, Cardoso is a changed person in this changed world.
Please comment. Thanks,
Joe
On Fri, 26 Jan 1996, Victor O. Story wrote:
> Maybe it is not paradoxical at all. Cardoso's fame for dependency
> analysis appealled to nationalists in the military and bourgeoisie as
> much as to the left - developing a self-sustaining national capitalist
> market was the underlying purpose of dependency analysis - the language
> seemed Marxist, but the larger context of Cardoso's ideas were frustrated
> nationalism.
>
> Victor
>
> On Wed, 24 Jan 1996 mmagalha@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu wrote:
>
> > Dear lasneteiros, I am embarking on a project (co-authoring) to explain the
> > apparent paradox of Fernando henrique Cardoso being elected President of
> > Brasil with the support of the country's principal conservative elites. I
> > need to gather information on 1) his political career before becoming a
> > candidate for President (i know he was a senator from the state of Sao Paulo
> > beginning in 1978 and that he was an ambassador (to the US??) and then
> > finance minister under Franco); 2) his presidential campaign (how did he
> > position himself as a centrist candidate?); and 3) his record as president.
> > Does anyone have any idea on where I can locate this information? Thanks.
> > Mariano Magalhaes
> >
>