“Estado Novo” and the workers: the construction of Latin-American corporatism||”Estado Novo” and the workers: the construction of Latin-American corporatism||O Estado Novo e os trabalhadores: a construção de um corporativismo latino-americano

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This article reexamines some aspects of the debate about the nature of the relationship between the Estado Novo regime (1937-1945) and the Brazilian working class, contextualizing them in the framework of the political transformations that took place in Latin America from the 1930's to the 1940's, with emphasis in the comparison between the region ́s three major countries: Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. In what regards to the Brazilian historiography, it examines the elements of continuity and rupture between the Estado Novo regime and the first seven years of Getúlio Vargas rule (1930-1937), aswell as the critique of the concept of "populism" and its proposed replacement by "trabalhismo" ("laborism").||This article reexamines some aspects of the debate about the nature of the relationship between the Estado Novo regime (1937-1945) and the Brazilian working class, contextualizing them in the framework of the political transformations that took place in Latin America from the 1930's to the 1940's, with emphasis in the comparison between the region ́s three major countries: Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. In what regards to the Brazilian historiography, it examines the elements of continuity and rupture between the Estado Novo regime and the first seven years of Getúlio Vargas rule (1930-1937), aswell as the critique of the concept of "populism" and its proposed replacement by "trabalhismo" ("laborism").||Este artigo revê alguns aspectos do debate sobre a natureza da relação entre o Estado Novo (1937-1945) e os trabalhadores, contextualizando-os no quadro das transformações políticas em curso na América Latina nas décadas de 1930 e 1940, com ênfase na comparação entre os três maiores países da região: Brasil, México e Argentina. No que tange à produção historiog ráf ica brasileira, examina os elementos de continuidade e ruptura entre o Estado Novo e os primeiros sete anos de governo de Getúlio Vargas (1930-1937), bem como a crítica ao uso do conceito de "populismo" e a proposta de sua substituição pelo termo "trabalhismo".