Another Analysis of the Protests

In an article entitled "Brazil, A Crisis of Representation," Arthur Ituassu, a professor at Pontifícia Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro, offers a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the protests in Brazil.

Ituassu seeks to put the protests into a broader context, describing the causes, the demographics of those protesting, the response (or lack of one) by political leaders, and implications for the future of the country. 

One of his conclusions is that:

"The protests, however they end, challenge Brazil to break with its antique, centralised social practices and structures, which include corruption, the lack of a genuine public conscience, secretive political institutions and a very concentrated media system."