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Government, in the abstract, exists for the sake of the public good. In the wake of two center-left1 presidential administrations and a growing economy, modern Brazil has taken some of the world’s strongest and most publicly visible strides toward this ideal, in areas such as education and the eradication of poverty, crime and corruption.
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Casanova, L., Kassum, J. (2014). Sustaining Social Innovation. In: The Political Economy of an Emerging Global Power. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137352361_7
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