South America is home to a legend which, though little known by the wider public, has captivated sociologists, anthropologists, folklorists and journalists, as well as a number of websites concerned with promoting tourism in Uruguay, Paraguay and in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
The birth of the modern and liberal state has its origins in the two industrial revolutions and in the French Revolution. English political thought referred to the movements against the abuse of power as ‘constitutionalism’, which brought about three possible solutions: the Liberal State, the Constitutional State and the Democratic State. |