Tarso Genro

Tarso Genro, born in 1947, worked as a labour lawyer for twenty-five years and served twice as mayor of Porto Alegre. As a leading member of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), he coordinated the political council of the Frente Popular between 1988 and 2001. After the presidential elections of October 2002, he was appointed Minister of State and head of the special secretariat of the new Economic and Social Development Council.

From Brazil to the world, or Twenty theses for a democratic theory of the state

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By Tarso Genro

/ 10 Jul 2003