Book review: new order and progress: development and democracy in Brazil edited by Ben Ross Schneider

In the new edited collection New Order and Progress: Development and Democracy in Brazil, Ben Ross Schneider brings together contributors to offer a timely historical, comparative and theoretical contextualisation of contemporary Brazil at a point when the country is experiencing the fallout of recession and corruption scandals. This illuminating volume sheds light on some of the nation’s trials and tribulations over recent years, but also gives hope for Brazil’s future, writes Jeff Roquen.