Struggle for Land - A Political Economy of Pioneer Frontier in Brazil From 1930 to

Klappentext A 'regional' political economy which makes its own contribution to the theory of the state. Zusammenfassung As Brazil's agricultural frontier has advanced! the pioneering peasants have become locked in an increasingly bitter struggle for land with large landowners and large economic enterprise. In his book! Joe Foweraker draws on extensive empirical research to demonstrate the dimensions and dynamics of the struggle. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; Preface; Glossary of acronyms and abbreviations used in the text; Glossary of words and phrases in Portuguese used in the text; Part I. The Pioneer Frontier: 1. The pioneer frontier; political violence and the peasantry; 2. The process and stages of occupation of land on the frontier; 3. Frontier expansion and the national economy; Part II. Political Mediation: 4. The legal history of the land on the frontier and the question of dual authority; 5. Law and lawlessness on the frontier and the problem of bureaucratic inertia; 6. Private and public colonisation of the frontier and the pattern of bureaucratic entrepreneurship; 7. The contemporary alliance of state and capital on the frontier and the contradictions within the State; Part III. Accumulation and Authoritarianism: 8. Primitive accumulation and violence on the frontier; 9. The frontier and the reproduction of authoritarian capitalism; 10. The frontier and the formation of the Brazilian State; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: J. Foweraker, Joe Foweraker
• Assisted by: Alan Knight (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2002
• EAN: 9780521526005
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52600-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Cambridge Latin American Studi
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics