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The Politics of the Possible: The Brazilian Rural Workers' Trade Union Movement, 1964-1985

1995; Council on Foreign Relations; Volume: 74; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/20047165

2327-7793

Kenneth Maxwell, Biorn Maybury-Lewis,

Youth, Politics, and Society

Tables and Figures Preface Introduction Part I: Historical and Theoretical Framework 1. Posing the Problem: Rural Union Development under Dictatorship, 1964-1985 2. Solving the Problem: Explaining Progressive Rural Unionization in the 1964-1985 Period Part II: Six Case Studies 3. Nazare da Mata, Pernambuco: Birthplace of the CONTAG Line 4. Capivari, Sao Paulo: Conservative Unionism of the Juoe Rotta Line 5. Porto Nacional, Goias: Frontier Development, Posseiros and Grileiros 6. Cangucu, Rio Grande do Sul: Assistencialismo in Theory and Practice 7. Mage, Rio de Janeiro: Posseiros of the Urban Periphery 8. Santa Cruz Cabralia, Bahia: Union Radicalism on Brazil's First and Last Frontier 9. Conclusion: Grassroots Movements Confronting State Apparatuses: Possibilities and Constraints in Comparative Perspective Appendix A: Statistical Summary of the Development of the Rural Trade Union Movement in Brazil, 1960-1986 Appendix B: Interview with Francisco Chico Mendes, Xapuri, Acre, Brazil, November 1988 Glossary Notes Bibliography Index