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"New democracies" are identified as regimes that have emerged since the 1970s in southern Europe, Latin America, & Eastern Europe that have in common the recent demise of previous dictatorships, & the recovery of a democracy that was never really consolidated in their historical past. New democracies create a hybrid with authoritarian legacies of the past, under the conditions of an economic crisis that accentuates situations of extreme & growing social inequalities. They take peculiar institutional shapes that put more emphasis on delegation than on representation. Thus, consolidation is more difficult than the actual transition; the specific roles of leadership & political craftsmanship are discussed. 1 Photograph. AA

An historical study of the relations between the Brazilian state & the mass of the Brazilian pop. These relations assumed their modern form in 19:30, when a crisis of the onecrop export economy based on coffee brought Getulio Vargas into power. Vargas was a dictator; but since the coffee growers, the traditional landlords, & the old Me were ruined by the econ crises, the Ur popular masses became the pol'al base of his dictatorship. This relationship between the state & the masses became even more emphatic between 1945 & 1964, esp under Presidents Quadros & Goulart. The military coup of 1964 brought this relationship to an end; only future developments will show what will replace it. I. Langnas.