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This volume examines some of the ways that Brazil has been
represented and seeks to represent itself in popular media. It
looks at social inequalities, racial divisions, and legacies of
political restructuring as it illuminates the challenges and
opportunities that the nation faces at present and going into
preparations for and recovery from the upcoming mega events, both
the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. Drawing on the
expertise of scholars in the fields of film and media studies,
political science, social movement analysis, and cultural studies
this volume features chapters examining the role of stereotyped
Brazilian identity and myths of what it means to be Brazilian, the
growing interest in favela-slum-culture, and sites of resistance in
contemporary Brazilian society.
From fragile, corporate-controlled supply chains breaking down, to
millions of already hyper-exploited farmworkers risking their lives
in the fields without basic personal protective equipment, the
COVID-19 pandemic made it painfully obvious that US agriculture
does not work. Agrarian Crisis in the United States: Pathways for
Reform situates the many food system problems that the COVID-19
pandemic laid bare in historical context across four key policy
areas, namely, in land, labor, markets, and the environment. In
applying and building from the work of Jürgen Habermas, Agrarian
Crisis in the United States highlights how deep-seated problems
concerning systemic racism, economic inequality, and political
legitimacy endanger the US food and farm system’s future. Besides
analyzing crises, it presents solutions that would make agriculture
in the United States more just and resilient through the
implementation of certain communication and policy strategies. Its
original argument, as well as a novel set of remedies, will appeal
to scholars and activists with interests in agrarian studies,
environmental policy, and social movements.
Contradictions between impressive levels of economic growth and the
persistence of poverty and inequality are perhaps nowhere more
evident than in rural Brazil. While Brazil might appear to be an
example of the potential harmony between large-scale,
export-oriented agribusiness and small-scale family farming, high
levels of rural resistance contradict this vision. In this volume,
individual contributions from a variety of researchers across the
field highlight seven key characteristics of contemporary Brazilian
resistance that have broader resonance in the region and beyond:
the growth of international networks, the changing structure of
state-society collaboration, the deepening of territorial claims,
the importance of autonomy, the development of alternative
economies, continued opposition to dispossession, and struggles
over the meaning of nature. By analyzing rural mobilization in
Brazil, this collection offers a range of insights relevant to
rural contention globally. Each contribution in this title
increases our understanding of alternative agricultural production,
large-scale development projects, education, race and political
parties in the contemporary agrarian context. This book was
previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Peasant
Studies.
This volume examines some of the ways that Brazil has been
represented and seeks to represent itself in popular media. It
looks at social inequalities, racial divisions, and legacies of
political restructuring as it illuminates the challenges and
opportunities that the nation faces at present and going into
preparations for and recovery from the upcoming mega events, both
the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. Drawing on the
expertise of scholars in the fields of film and media studies,
political science, social movement analysis, and cultural studies
this volume features chapters examining the role of stereotyped
Brazilian identity and myths of what it means to be Brazilian, the
growing interest in favela slum culture, and sites of resistance in
contemporary Brazilian society."
Contradictions between impressive levels of economic growth and the
persistence of poverty and inequality are perhaps nowhere more
evident than in rural Brazil. While Brazil might appear to be an
example of the potential harmony between large-scale,
export-oriented agribusiness and small-scale family farming, high
levels of rural resistance contradict this vision. In this volume,
individual contributions from a variety of researchers across the
field highlight seven key characteristics of contemporary Brazilian
resistance that have broader resonance in the region and beyond:
the growth of international networks, the changing structure of
state-society collaboration, the deepening of territorial claims,
the importance of autonomy, the development of alternative
economies, continued opposition to dispossession, and struggles
over the meaning of nature. By analyzing rural mobilization in
Brazil, this collection offers a range of insights relevant to
rural contention globally. Each contribution in this title
increases our understanding of alternative agricultural production,
large-scale development projects, education, race and political
parties in the contemporary agrarian context. This book was
previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Peasant
Studies.
Economic crises in the Global North and South are forcing activists
to think about alternatives. Neoliberal economic policies and
austerity measures have been debated and implemented around the
globe. Author Anthony Pahnke argues that activists should look to
the Global South and Brazil for inspiration. Brazil's Long
Revolution shows how the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem
Terra (the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement, or MST) positioned
itself to take advantage of challenging economic times to improve
its members' lives. Pahnke analyzes the origins and development of
the movement, one of the largest and most innovative social
movements currently active. Over the last three decades, the MST
has mobilized more than a million Brazilians through grassroots
initiatives, addressing political and economic inequalities. The
MST and its allies-together known as the Landless Movement-confront
inequality by constructing democratic ways of governing economic,
political, and social life in collectivized production
cooperatives, movement-run schools, and decentralized agrarian
reform encampments and settlements. Their strategies for organizing
political, economic, and social life challenge the current
neoliberal orthodoxy that privileges individualized,
market-oriented practices. Based on research conducted over five
years, Pahnke's book places the Landless Movement squarely within
the tradition of Latin American revolutionary struggles, while at
the same time showing the potential for similar forms of radical
resistance to develop in the United States and elsewhere in the
Global North.
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