Guilherme Leite Gonçalves is Professor of Sociology of Law at the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ). His areas of interest are social theory, Marxism, inequality research and critical sociology of capitalism. His latest book in English is co-authored with Sérgio Costa: A Port in Global Capitalism: Unveiling Entangled Accumulation in Rio de Janeiro (Routledge, 2019).

December 3, 2022

Analysis

Realignments

Bolsonarismo and Brazil’s shifting middle-class vote

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva may have won last month’s presidential elections, but the strength of Bolsonarismo has been confirmed. In both houses of the National Congress, Bolsonarismo and its allies made gains, overcoming the traditional right wing. In the…