Abstract:
Rui Barbosa and the Patron-Client Relation
In a discussion of the patron-client relation within Brazilian politics, the article takes as an example political favors asked of Rui Barbosa when he was the provisional government s Minister of the Treasury. It endeavors to demonstrate how the prevalence of patron-client values and practices carried over from the monarchy to the Republic. The argument is posed that patronage, from which the patron-client relation derives, was deeply embedded in Brazilian society and from there moved into politics. As a consequence, egalitarian values and the notion of res publica, which in thesis should have been an integral part of the new regime s practices, did not find propitious ground upon which to develop. Citizens became "doutor cidadão", while politicians became "cousin and friend".
Description:
"Este trabalho não poderia ter sido escrito sem o auxílio de Patrícia de Souza Lima que fez boa parte do levantamento de dados e elaborou os quadros estatísticos. Agradeço ainda a cooperação de Rejane de Almeida Magalhães, chefe do Setor Ruiano da Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa, e de suas colegas Solange Campello Taraciuc e Beatriz Guerra Martins. José Almino Alencar, diretor de Pesquisa da Fundação, proporcionou as condições materiais para a execução da pesquisa. Agradeço também os comentários dos pesquisadores do Setor de História e a argüição do diretor da Casa, feitos a uma primeira versão deste trabalho."
