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DE REZENDE, Maria José. The difficulties in dismantling the authoritarian practices in Brazil: Raymundo Faoro's analysis on the beginning of the political 'opening' process (1980). Polis [online]. 2009, vol.5, n.2, pp.49-77. ISSN 2594-0686.

The purpose of this study is to research authoritarian political procedures crystallized in the practices of several agents that constituted the national political life in 1980. The analysis is carried out through the weekly articles written by Raymundo Faoro, for the Isto É magazine, where he was a columnist. We intend to understand the political life characteristics of the so-called opening period, aiming to verify if there were signs that indicated a dismantling process of attitudes, practices and authoritarian actions in the country. His analysis focused on the way the transition made clear the political inequalities and the society's colonization by the State.

Palabras llave : authoritarianism; politics; opening; democracy.

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