The Right to Take Rights Away: Brazil’s 1964 & 2016 Coups

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Nicolas Vallada
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1844-7499

Resumo

A estrutura teórica (“framework”) do right-against-rights desenvolvido por Leigh Payne descreve táticas deliberadas utilizadas pela extrema direita para minar, atacar e destruir a democracia em defesa do status quo. Partindo da premissa de que tanto o golpe militar de 1964 quanto o impeachment presidencial de 2016 no Brasil constituíram golpes perpetrados pela direita, esta investigação busca conectar ambos os eventos por meio desse framework, demonstrando como ambos se configuraram especificamente como “golpes de direita contra os direitos”, analisar a fragilidade da democracia brasileira diante da atuação da direita e investigar os possíveis futuros da democracia no país.

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Vallada, N. (2026). The Right to Take Rights Away: Brazil’s 1964 & 2016 Coups. Brasiliana: Journal for Brazilian Studies, 15(1), 125–142. https://doi.org/10.7146/bjbs.v15i1.164665
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