The 1891 Constitution of the United States of Brazil and Coronelismo: a study based to brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos’s 1934 novel, “São Bernardo”

Authors

  • Janaína Rigo Santin Universidade de Passo Fundo e Universidade de Caxias do Sul
  • Carolinne Nhoato dos Santos Uninter

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i23.741

Keywords:

Brazilian Constitution, Local Power, Power Relations, Descentralization

Abstract

This research studies the 1891’ United States of Brazil Constitution and coronelismo, from the classic book “São Bernardo”, written by Graciliano Ramos. This article makes a counterpoint between the work's narrative and Brazilian history, by focusing on the influence of landowning colonels from the Brazilian Empire until the Revolution of 30. The colonel was the traditional figure of the region, who exercised influence and dominion over all by charisma, economic, technical or intellectual power, and often out of fear, since it resorted to political violence in order to intimidate and manipulate the population. Brazilian history shows that the adoption of foreign constitutional models, as occurred in 1891, ended up strengthening the de facto power of local colonels, to the detriment of the rule of law and democratic and republican institutions.

Enviado el (Submission Date): 12/04/2021
Aceptado el (Acceptance Date): 3/05/2021

Author Biographies

Janaína Rigo Santin, Universidade de Passo Fundo e Universidade de Caxias do Sul

PhD in Administrative Law from the University of Lisbon, Portugal, with a CAPES scholarship, for a period of 8 months (2011). PhD in Law from the Federal University of Paraná (2004), Paraná, Brazil. Master's Degree in Law from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2000), Santa Catarina, Brazil. Lawyer and Full Professor at the University of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Professor of the Master and Doctorate in History at the University of Passo Fundo. Collaborating professor in the Graduate Program in Environmental Law at the University of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She is a guest professor of the Master's in Legal-Economic Sciences and Development and the Master's in Governance and Public Management at the Agostinho Neto University, in Luanda, Angola-Africa.

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Carolinne Nhoato dos Santos, Uninter

Advogada (OAB/RS 106118) com escritório profissional em Soledade, RS. Procuradora do Fundo Previdenciário Municipal de Barros Cassal, RS. Mestra em Direito pela Universidade de Passo Fundo-UPF (2016) com Bolsa integral do Prosup/Capes. Graduada em Direito pela UPF (2014)

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Published

2022-09-14

Issue

No. 23 (2022): Historia Constitucional N. 23 (2022)

Section

Brazil

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