ABSTRACT
This chapter provides some broad lines of the history of the Workers’ Party with a focus on the path to and the fall from power and its unique approach to global South. The Workers’ Party is the largest left-wing political party in Brazil and Latin America. A leadership that acts according with the interests of the workers and through their root organizations. The Workers’ Party took advantage of the experience acquired throughout its own history to shape a unique form of public administration in Brazil. The power strategy of the Workers’ Party is connected with the sociological perspective of Fernandes. The growth of the party’s presence in the Brazilian institutional political sphere started to impose profound changes on the Workers’ Party. The growing parliamentary representation also allowed for a broader insertion of the party within the reality and perceptions of Brazilian society.
