Introduction; Kees Koonings, Fabio de Castro and Marianne Wiesebron 1. Continuity in a Changing Brazil: the Transition from Lula to Dilma; Timothy J. Power 2. Changing Repertoires of State-Society Interaction under Lula; Rebecca Abers, Lizandra Serafim and Luciana Tatagiba 3. Brazil: From 'Sleeping Giant' to Emerging Power; Paulo F. Visentini 4. Trade-offs and Choices of Economic Policy in Brazil: the Lula Years and the new directions towards development after 2010; Helio Henkin 5. Poverty Reduction and Well-Being: Lula's Real; Marcelo C. Neri 6. Social Policies during the Lula Administration: The Conditional Cash Transfer Program 'Bolsa Familia'; Marianne L. Wiesebron 7. Violence, Crime and Insecurity since 2000: Local Dynamics and the Limitations of Federal Response; Kees Koonings 8. Urban and Housing Policy from Lula to Dilma: Social Inclusion with Territorial Segregation; Nabil Bonduki 9. Social Inclusion in Rural Brazil under Lula; Antonio M. Buainain, Henrique D. Neder and Junior R. Garcia 10. Environmental Policies in the Lula Era: Accomplishments and Contradictions; Fabio de Castr