Collective Action And Radicalism In Brazil

by Duquette, Michel; Galdino, Maurilo; Levy, Charmain; Marques-Pereira, Berengere; Raes, Florence

• ISBN13: 9780802039071
• ISBN10: 0802039073
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-10
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

"This collaborative work documents and analyses the evolution of social movements in Brazil following a period of structural adjustment and partial democratization. Focusing on the women's movement and the urban housing and agrarian movements, the book examines the general trend toward public protest and the shifts in the internal dynamics of group identity within Brazil. The authors propose that the practices of power in Brazil are influenced by the expressions of a civil society now reorganized into social movements - established within a 'cycle of protest' - and that the current social unrest and collective action are responses to the pitfalls of recent market reforms."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Michel Duquette is a professor in the Department of Political Science at l'UniversitT de MontrTal. Maurilio Galdino is a training coordinator with Entraide Missionaire in Montreal. Charmain Levy is a programs officer with the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Abbreviations	xiii
Introduction: The Rise of Public Protest	3	(22)
Michel Duquette
Social Movements and Radicalism: The Brazilian Context	25	(41)
Michel Duquette
Women's Movements: From Local Action to Internationalization of the Repertoire	66	(31)
Berengere Marques-Pereira
Florence Raes
The Housing Movement in the City of Sao Paulo: Crisis and Revival	97	(33)
Charmain Levy
The Return of Radicalism to the Countryside: The Landless Movement	130	(26)
Maurilio Galdino
Collective Action at the Crossroads: The Empowerment of the Left	156	(51)
Michel Duquette
Maurilio Galdino
Charmain Levy
Berengere Marques-Pereira
Florence Raes
Contributors	207	(1)
Index	208