Between civil and military: the state, the market and the crisis of the dictatorship in the pages of Planejamento & Desenvolvimento magazine (1973-1984)

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the role of a civil bureaucracy that sought to modernize Brazilian capitalism without giving up the preponderance of state investments through the analysis of the Planejamento & Desenvolvimento (P&D) magazine, an official publication of the Presidential Planning Secretariat during the Brazilian military dictatorship. The text focuses on the debates within the regime around demands for free market located in both the opposition sectors and the social bases of authoritarian government. From a historical perspective, such discussions may contribute to contemporary debates about the condition of the regime and the civil and military relations, with implications for understanding the process of redemocratization.