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Papers by Carlyn Rodgers
The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, 2019
As a result of the neoliberal influences on the state and civil society, the last three decades h... more As a result of the neoliberal influences on the state and civil society, the last three decades have seen a significant transformation of the relationship between nongovernmental organizations and social movements throughout the globe. Debate has emerged, discussing and analyzing the phenomenon of the "NGOization of resistance," a process of social movements and activists becoming co-opted by NGOs in search of legitimacy. Despite analysis exploring the influences and impacts of this trend in feminist, Indigenous, and environmental struggles throughout the globe, the current debate lacks an investigation of this phenomenon at its intersection with pro-Black activism. This paper examines the NGOization of pro-Black mobilization, looking specifically at the relationship between local pro-Black activists in the city of Rio de Janeiro and Anistia Internacional Brasil.
Blog Posts by Carlyn Rodgers
Think Brazil: A Blog of the Brazil Institute, 2018
Book Chapters by Carlyn Rodgers
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Surgical Techniques and Disease Management, 2019
The rapid evolution of less disruptive spinal surgery during the last two decades has been driven... more The rapid evolution of less disruptive spinal surgery during the last two decades has been driven by revolutionary technical advances, demonstrable improvements in outcome, and reductions in complications compared with open procedures. The benefits to patients around the world and in marginalized populations have been documented. These new technologies and techniques can be resource-intensive and are typically beyond the budgets of the ministries of health of nations in the Global South. However, the benefits to patients, particularly lower infection rates and more rapid return to activities of daily living, have the capacity to provide more value and economic advantages to these underserved populations.
The patient benefits offered by less disruptive spinal surgery could be translated to an increasing number of patients around the world in accordance with the principles of the Global Surgery 2030 initiative. To date, many of the applications of these novel procedures have been offered through industrial foundations or nongovernmental organizations, either as donations of equipment or as sponsored, episodic “missions” comprised of surgical teams from the Global North. To our knowledge, this chapter represents the first attempt in the spinal surgery literature to discuss the possibilities and pitfalls of these well-intentioned interventions through a biosocial approach and to apply the established best practice criteria from the field of Global Development to the specific case of MI Spinal surgery in the Global South.
Book Reviews by Carlyn Rodgers
Journal of Latin American Studies, 2021
common tendency to see them as opposite and mutually exclusive is a mistake. The Brazilian case s... more common tendency to see them as opposite and mutually exclusive is a mistake. The Brazilian case shows repeatedly that even normative power, the core of corporatist complaints against labour justice, does not lead to workers' loss of control and autonomy. In fact, the evidence presented in Workers before the Court suggests the opposite: labour courts incited workers to strike and fight for their rights, and they represented a recognition of the existence of class conflict. The path that leads to labour justice generally implies a failure of negotiations and even strikesor the threat thereofto get a good deal in court. The labour courts also played an important role in underwriting private agreements between the parties, presenting two models simultaneously: legislated labour relations with heteronomy; negotiated labour relations with autonomy. Workers before the Courts challenges established ideas about labour justice in Brazil, and in doing so also defies preconceived ideas about the links between models of industrial relations and political systems. By placing debates about the nature of labour justice in their historical context and restoring the voices of the protagonistsespecially those of workers-Teixeira dismantles a long-held ideological consensus linking labour justice with a corporatist political project and workers' subjection. This book is both a point of arrival for the author and an inescapable departure point for those approaching the study of work and workers in the future.
The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, 2019
As a result of the neoliberal influences on the state and civil society, the last three decades h... more As a result of the neoliberal influences on the state and civil society, the last three decades have seen a significant transformation of the relationship between nongovernmental organizations and social movements throughout the globe. Debate has emerged, discussing and analyzing the phenomenon of the "NGOization of resistance," a process of social movements and activists becoming co-opted by NGOs in search of legitimacy. Despite analysis exploring the influences and impacts of this trend in feminist, Indigenous, and environmental struggles throughout the globe, the current debate lacks an investigation of this phenomenon at its intersection with pro-Black activism. This paper examines the NGOization of pro-Black mobilization, looking specifically at the relationship between local pro-Black activists in the city of Rio de Janeiro and Anistia Internacional Brasil.
Think Brazil: A Blog of the Brazil Institute, 2018
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Surgical Techniques and Disease Management, 2019
The rapid evolution of less disruptive spinal surgery during the last two decades has been driven... more The rapid evolution of less disruptive spinal surgery during the last two decades has been driven by revolutionary technical advances, demonstrable improvements in outcome, and reductions in complications compared with open procedures. The benefits to patients around the world and in marginalized populations have been documented. These new technologies and techniques can be resource-intensive and are typically beyond the budgets of the ministries of health of nations in the Global South. However, the benefits to patients, particularly lower infection rates and more rapid return to activities of daily living, have the capacity to provide more value and economic advantages to these underserved populations.
The patient benefits offered by less disruptive spinal surgery could be translated to an increasing number of patients around the world in accordance with the principles of the Global Surgery 2030 initiative. To date, many of the applications of these novel procedures have been offered through industrial foundations or nongovernmental organizations, either as donations of equipment or as sponsored, episodic “missions” comprised of surgical teams from the Global North. To our knowledge, this chapter represents the first attempt in the spinal surgery literature to discuss the possibilities and pitfalls of these well-intentioned interventions through a biosocial approach and to apply the established best practice criteria from the field of Global Development to the specific case of MI Spinal surgery in the Global South.
Journal of Latin American Studies, 2021
common tendency to see them as opposite and mutually exclusive is a mistake. The Brazilian case s... more common tendency to see them as opposite and mutually exclusive is a mistake. The Brazilian case shows repeatedly that even normative power, the core of corporatist complaints against labour justice, does not lead to workers' loss of control and autonomy. In fact, the evidence presented in Workers before the Court suggests the opposite: labour courts incited workers to strike and fight for their rights, and they represented a recognition of the existence of class conflict. The path that leads to labour justice generally implies a failure of negotiations and even strikesor the threat thereofto get a good deal in court. The labour courts also played an important role in underwriting private agreements between the parties, presenting two models simultaneously: legislated labour relations with heteronomy; negotiated labour relations with autonomy. Workers before the Courts challenges established ideas about labour justice in Brazil, and in doing so also defies preconceived ideas about the links between models of industrial relations and political systems. By placing debates about the nature of labour justice in their historical context and restoring the voices of the protagonistsespecially those of workers-Teixeira dismantles a long-held ideological consensus linking labour justice with a corporatist political project and workers' subjection. This book is both a point of arrival for the author and an inescapable departure point for those approaching the study of work and workers in the future.