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Este trabalho examina as relações do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) com a dem... more Este trabalho examina as relações do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) com a democracia no Brasil. O MST é a principal organização popular da América Latina e um dos mais importantes movimentos sociais pela reforma agrária na história mundial. Contrariando certas opiniões influentes, este ensaio argumenta que o MST não é uma organização "anti-Estado" ou "anti-democrática". As ações do MST junto às instituições políticas do Brasil são multifacetadas e dinâmicas. Estas incluem o ativismo público e atos de desobediência civil, lobby e negociações, corporativismo social ad hoc, participação eleitoral e relações diversas com o Estado de Direito. Dada a crua realidade da luta agrária no Brasil-e as opções reais disponíveis ao MST-a conduta de resistência e pressão política deve ser compreendida, em primeiro lugar, como sustentada em considerações práticas mais do que em qualquer ideologia dogmática. O perfil contencioso do MST tem sido necessário para avançar a reforma agrária no Brasil e melhorar a qualidade da sua democracia, no sentido de: (1) fortalecer a sociedade civil através da organização e incorporação de setores marginalizados da população; (2) realçar a importância do ativismo público como catalisador do desenvolvimento social; (3) facilitar a extensão e exercício de direitos básicos de cidadania entre os pobres; e, (4) gerar um sentido de utopia e afirmação de ideais que impregnam o processo de 1 Trabalho originalmente publicado em Maio de 2005: "The Landless Workers Movement (MST) and Democracy in Brazil.", Centre for Brazilian Studies Working Paper CBS-60-05, University of Oxford. O autor gostaria de agradecer os comentários às versões preliminares deste texto
An Overview
Duke University Press eBooks, May 23, 2015
Agrária, Jun 17, 2006
Este trabalho examina as relações do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) com a dem... more Este trabalho examina as relações do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) com a democracia no Brasil. O MST é a principal organização popular da América Latina e um dos mais importantes movimentos sociais pela reforma agrária na história mundial. Contrariando certas opiniões influentes, este ensaio argumenta que o MST não é uma organização "anti-Estado" ou "anti-democrática". As ações do MST junto às instituições políticas do Brasil são multifacetadas e dinâmicas. Estas incluem o ativismo público e atos de desobediência civil, lobby e negociações, corporativismo social ad hoc, participação eleitoral e relações diversas com o Estado de Direito. Dada a crua realidade da luta agrária no Brasil-e as opções reais disponíveis ao MST-a conduta de resistência e pressão política deve ser compreendida, em primeiro lugar, como sustentada em considerações práticas mais do que em qualquer ideologia dogmática. O perfil contencioso do MST tem sido necessário para avançar a reforma agrária no Brasil e melhorar a qualidade da sua democracia, no sentido de: (1) fortalecer a sociedade civil através da organização e incorporação de setores marginalizados da população; (2) realçar a importância do ativismo público como catalisador do desenvolvimento social; (3) facilitar a extensão e exercício de direitos básicos de cidadania entre os pobres; e, (4) gerar um sentido de utopia e afirmação de ideais que impregnam o processo de 1 Trabalho originalmente publicado em Maio de 2005: "The Landless Workers Movement (MST) and Democracy in Brazil.", Centre for Brazilian Studies Working Paper CBS-60-05, University of Oxford. O autor gostaria de agradecer os comentários às versões preliminares deste texto
The Struggle on the Land
Duke University Press eBooks, Jun 29, 2015
T H e L a N D L e S S R U R a L W O R K e R S M O V e M e N T a N D D e M O C R Ac y I N B R a Z I L
Most quantitative easing programmes primarily involve central banks acquiring government liabilit... more Most quantitative easing programmes primarily involve central banks acquiring government liabilities in return for central bank reserves. In all cases this process is undertaken by purchasing these liabilities from private sector intermediaries rather than directly from the government. This paper estimates the cost of this round-trip transaction-government issuance of liabilities and central bank purchases of those liabilities in the secondary market-for the UK. I estimate that this cost amounts to about 0.5% of the total value of QE (over £1.8 billion in my sample). I also find some evidence that this figure is inflated by the unusual design of UK QE operations.
The Land Reform Debacle under the PT Governments The chapters in this volume have dealt with the ... more The Land Reform Debacle under the PT Governments The chapters in this volume have dealt with the past, yet also presage the future. In them, murmurings of a great betrayal have been made. And if not a betrayal, at the very least, a striking failure on the part of the governments led by the Workers Party (pt) to live up to the party's historic promise of agrarian reform. A study I prepared found many signs that corroborate this interpretation.1 This chapter is not the place to examine these issues at length. Rather, it will provide a general contour of the evidence on hand, then set the findings in context and briefly evaluate their impact on Brazil's Landless Rural Workers Movement (mst). In closing, I will draw out two paradoxes that emerge from this discussion and weigh on the future of Brazil's democracy, its peasantry, and the ecological fragility of our planet.
El precio latinoamericano de la corrupción
An Overview
Challenging Social Inequality, 2015
Origins and Consolidation of the MST in Rio Grande do Sul
The Landless Rural Worker’s Movement and Agrarian Reform in Brazil
Social Inequality, Agrarian Reform, and Democracy in Brazil
Challenging Social Inequality
The Landless Rural Workers’ Movement and the Struggle for Social Justice in Brazil
Rural Social Movements in Latin America, 2009
We analyze the tauonic semileptonic baryon decays Λ 0 b → Λ + c + τ − +ντ with particular emphasi... more We analyze the tauonic semileptonic baryon decays Λ 0 b → Λ + c + τ − +ντ with particular emphasis on the lepton helicity flip contributions which vanish for zero lepton masses. We calculate the total rate, differential decay distributions, the longitudinal and transverse polarization components of the Λ + c and the τ − , and the lepton-side forward-backward asymmetries. We use the covariant confined quark model to provide numerical results on these observables.
Latin American Research Review, 2010
This article takes issue with infl uential views in Brazil that depict the Movement of Landless R... more This article takes issue with infl uential views in Brazil that depict the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), the largest popular movement in this country, as a threat to democracy. Contrary to these assessments, it argues that a sober review of the MST's actual practice shows that it is far from an antistate or antidemocratic organization. Quite to the contrary, the MST demands that the state play an active part in reducing the nation's stark social inequities through the institution of an inclusive model of development. The MST's contentious edge has contributed to Brazil's ongoing democratization process by (1) highlighting the role of public activism in building political capabilities among the poor and catalyzing downward redistribution policies; (2) facilitating the extension of basic citizenship rights, broadening the scope of the public agenda, and strengthening civil society through the inclusion of groups representing the most vulnerable strata of the population; and (3) fostering a sense of hope and utopia through the affi rmation of ideals imbued in Brazil's long-term, complex, and open-ended democratization process.
The Hispanic American Historical Review, 1993
Documento de Trabajo N. 4, 2004
La serie "Documentos de Trabajo" no constituye un documento formal del Banco Mundial. Es publicad... more La serie "Documentos de Trabajo" no constituye un documento formal del Banco Mundial. Es publicada de manera informal y distribuida con el fin de fomentar la discusión y los comentarios de la comunidad que trabaja en los temas que se presentan. Los resultados, interpretaciones, juicios y conclusiones expresados en este trabajo son propios del autor o autores y no deben ser atribuidos al Banco Mundial, a sus organizaciones afiliadas, a los miembros del Directorio Ejecutivo ni a los gobiernos que ellos representan.
Sue Branford and Jan Rocha, Cutting the Wire: The Story of the Landless Movement in Brazil. London: Latin America Bureau, 2002. 309 pp. ISBN 1-899365-51-6 (pbk)
Antipode, 2004
The Role of the Paraguayan Catholic Church in the Downfall of the Stroessner Regime
Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, 1990
The Coup d'Etat that overthrew General Alfredo Stroessner on the second night of February 198... more The Coup d'Etat that overthrew General Alfredo Stroessner on the second night of February 1989 signaled the beginning of a new era for Paraguayan politics and the close of another chapter of Latin American caudillismo. He was replaced by General Andrés Rodríguez, Paraguay's second most powerful figure, in what was, in effect, a “palace coup.” General Rodríguez startled the nation by issuing a proclamation that called for (a) democratization of Paraguay, (b) full respect for human rights, and (c) restoration of the badly damaged relations with the Catholic Church. The proclamation ushered in a series of events which amazed the populace even more: opposition leaders — once banned and exiled by the Stroessner regime — were embraced and greeted by longtime adversaries; dozens of prominent exiled figures returned to find an enthusiastic atmosphere; political prisoners were freed; while corruption and torture became the subject of national debate as people sought both to uncover, ...
The Struggle on the Land
Challenging Social Inequality, 2015
Brazil is one the most inequitable nations in the world. Its great disparities of wealth have dee... more Brazil is one the most inequitable nations in the world. Its great disparities of wealth have deep historical roots. This volume addresses a critical legacy and enduring aspect of Brazil’s social injustice: its sharply unequal agrarian structure. The following chapters probe the causes, consequences, and contemporary reactions to this situation. In particular, they shed light on the Landless Rural Workers Movement (mst), Latin America’s largest and most prominent social movement, and its ongoing efforts to confront historic patterns of inequality in the Brazilian countryside. This volume offers a wide-ranging picture of the mst and its engagement in the Brazilian struggle for land reform. The sixteen chapters included here were produced and revised between 2004 and 2008, following a conference sponsored by the University of Oxford’s Centre for Brazilian Studies. All the contributors to this volume, an assembly of Brazilian, European, and North American–based scholars and development...
Este trabalho examina as relações do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) com a dem... more Este trabalho examina as relações do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) com a democracia no Brasil. O MST é a principal organização popular da América Latina e um dos mais importantes movimentos sociais pela reforma agrária na história mundial. Contrariando certas opiniões influentes, este ensaio argumenta que o MST não é uma organização "anti-Estado" ou "anti-democrática". As ações do MST junto às instituições políticas do Brasil são multifacetadas e dinâmicas. Estas incluem o ativismo público e atos de desobediência civil, lobby e negociações, corporativismo social ad hoc, participação eleitoral e relações diversas com o Estado de Direito. Dada a crua realidade da luta agrária no Brasil-e as opções reais disponíveis ao MST-a conduta de resistência e pressão política deve ser compreendida, em primeiro lugar, como sustentada em considerações práticas mais do que em qualquer ideologia dogmática. O perfil contencioso do MST tem sido necessário para avançar a reforma agrária no Brasil e melhorar a qualidade da sua democracia, no sentido de: (1) fortalecer a sociedade civil através da organização e incorporação de setores marginalizados da população; (2) realçar a importância do ativismo público como catalisador do desenvolvimento social; (3) facilitar a extensão e exercício de direitos básicos de cidadania entre os pobres; e, (4) gerar um sentido de utopia e afirmação de ideais que impregnam o processo de 1 Trabalho originalmente publicado em Maio de 2005: "The Landless Workers Movement (MST) and Democracy in Brazil.", Centre for Brazilian Studies Working Paper CBS-60-05, University of Oxford. O autor gostaria de agradecer os comentários às versões preliminares deste texto
An Overview
Duke University Press eBooks, May 23, 2015
Agrária, Jun 17, 2006
Este trabalho examina as relações do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) com a dem... more Este trabalho examina as relações do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) com a democracia no Brasil. O MST é a principal organização popular da América Latina e um dos mais importantes movimentos sociais pela reforma agrária na história mundial. Contrariando certas opiniões influentes, este ensaio argumenta que o MST não é uma organização "anti-Estado" ou "anti-democrática". As ações do MST junto às instituições políticas do Brasil são multifacetadas e dinâmicas. Estas incluem o ativismo público e atos de desobediência civil, lobby e negociações, corporativismo social ad hoc, participação eleitoral e relações diversas com o Estado de Direito. Dada a crua realidade da luta agrária no Brasil-e as opções reais disponíveis ao MST-a conduta de resistência e pressão política deve ser compreendida, em primeiro lugar, como sustentada em considerações práticas mais do que em qualquer ideologia dogmática. O perfil contencioso do MST tem sido necessário para avançar a reforma agrária no Brasil e melhorar a qualidade da sua democracia, no sentido de: (1) fortalecer a sociedade civil através da organização e incorporação de setores marginalizados da população; (2) realçar a importância do ativismo público como catalisador do desenvolvimento social; (3) facilitar a extensão e exercício de direitos básicos de cidadania entre os pobres; e, (4) gerar um sentido de utopia e afirmação de ideais que impregnam o processo de 1 Trabalho originalmente publicado em Maio de 2005: "The Landless Workers Movement (MST) and Democracy in Brazil.", Centre for Brazilian Studies Working Paper CBS-60-05, University of Oxford. O autor gostaria de agradecer os comentários às versões preliminares deste texto
The Struggle on the Land
Duke University Press eBooks, Jun 29, 2015
T H e L a N D L e S S R U R a L W O R K e R S M O V e M e N T a N D D e M O C R Ac y I N B R a Z I L
Most quantitative easing programmes primarily involve central banks acquiring government liabilit... more Most quantitative easing programmes primarily involve central banks acquiring government liabilities in return for central bank reserves. In all cases this process is undertaken by purchasing these liabilities from private sector intermediaries rather than directly from the government. This paper estimates the cost of this round-trip transaction-government issuance of liabilities and central bank purchases of those liabilities in the secondary market-for the UK. I estimate that this cost amounts to about 0.5% of the total value of QE (over £1.8 billion in my sample). I also find some evidence that this figure is inflated by the unusual design of UK QE operations.
The Land Reform Debacle under the PT Governments The chapters in this volume have dealt with the ... more The Land Reform Debacle under the PT Governments The chapters in this volume have dealt with the past, yet also presage the future. In them, murmurings of a great betrayal have been made. And if not a betrayal, at the very least, a striking failure on the part of the governments led by the Workers Party (pt) to live up to the party's historic promise of agrarian reform. A study I prepared found many signs that corroborate this interpretation.1 This chapter is not the place to examine these issues at length. Rather, it will provide a general contour of the evidence on hand, then set the findings in context and briefly evaluate their impact on Brazil's Landless Rural Workers Movement (mst). In closing, I will draw out two paradoxes that emerge from this discussion and weigh on the future of Brazil's democracy, its peasantry, and the ecological fragility of our planet.
El precio latinoamericano de la corrupción
An Overview
Challenging Social Inequality, 2015
Origins and Consolidation of the MST in Rio Grande do Sul
The Landless Rural Worker’s Movement and Agrarian Reform in Brazil
Social Inequality, Agrarian Reform, and Democracy in Brazil
Challenging Social Inequality
The Landless Rural Workers’ Movement and the Struggle for Social Justice in Brazil
Rural Social Movements in Latin America, 2009
We analyze the tauonic semileptonic baryon decays Λ 0 b → Λ + c + τ − +ντ with particular emphasi... more We analyze the tauonic semileptonic baryon decays Λ 0 b → Λ + c + τ − +ντ with particular emphasis on the lepton helicity flip contributions which vanish for zero lepton masses. We calculate the total rate, differential decay distributions, the longitudinal and transverse polarization components of the Λ + c and the τ − , and the lepton-side forward-backward asymmetries. We use the covariant confined quark model to provide numerical results on these observables.
Latin American Research Review, 2010
This article takes issue with infl uential views in Brazil that depict the Movement of Landless R... more This article takes issue with infl uential views in Brazil that depict the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), the largest popular movement in this country, as a threat to democracy. Contrary to these assessments, it argues that a sober review of the MST's actual practice shows that it is far from an antistate or antidemocratic organization. Quite to the contrary, the MST demands that the state play an active part in reducing the nation's stark social inequities through the institution of an inclusive model of development. The MST's contentious edge has contributed to Brazil's ongoing democratization process by (1) highlighting the role of public activism in building political capabilities among the poor and catalyzing downward redistribution policies; (2) facilitating the extension of basic citizenship rights, broadening the scope of the public agenda, and strengthening civil society through the inclusion of groups representing the most vulnerable strata of the population; and (3) fostering a sense of hope and utopia through the affi rmation of ideals imbued in Brazil's long-term, complex, and open-ended democratization process.
The Hispanic American Historical Review, 1993
Documento de Trabajo N. 4, 2004
La serie "Documentos de Trabajo" no constituye un documento formal del Banco Mundial. Es publicad... more La serie "Documentos de Trabajo" no constituye un documento formal del Banco Mundial. Es publicada de manera informal y distribuida con el fin de fomentar la discusión y los comentarios de la comunidad que trabaja en los temas que se presentan. Los resultados, interpretaciones, juicios y conclusiones expresados en este trabajo son propios del autor o autores y no deben ser atribuidos al Banco Mundial, a sus organizaciones afiliadas, a los miembros del Directorio Ejecutivo ni a los gobiernos que ellos representan.
Sue Branford and Jan Rocha, Cutting the Wire: The Story of the Landless Movement in Brazil. London: Latin America Bureau, 2002. 309 pp. ISBN 1-899365-51-6 (pbk)
Antipode, 2004
The Role of the Paraguayan Catholic Church in the Downfall of the Stroessner Regime
Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, 1990
The Coup d'Etat that overthrew General Alfredo Stroessner on the second night of February 198... more The Coup d'Etat that overthrew General Alfredo Stroessner on the second night of February 1989 signaled the beginning of a new era for Paraguayan politics and the close of another chapter of Latin American caudillismo. He was replaced by General Andrés Rodríguez, Paraguay's second most powerful figure, in what was, in effect, a “palace coup.” General Rodríguez startled the nation by issuing a proclamation that called for (a) democratization of Paraguay, (b) full respect for human rights, and (c) restoration of the badly damaged relations with the Catholic Church. The proclamation ushered in a series of events which amazed the populace even more: opposition leaders — once banned and exiled by the Stroessner regime — were embraced and greeted by longtime adversaries; dozens of prominent exiled figures returned to find an enthusiastic atmosphere; political prisoners were freed; while corruption and torture became the subject of national debate as people sought both to uncover, ...
The Struggle on the Land
Challenging Social Inequality, 2015
Brazil is one the most inequitable nations in the world. Its great disparities of wealth have dee... more Brazil is one the most inequitable nations in the world. Its great disparities of wealth have deep historical roots. This volume addresses a critical legacy and enduring aspect of Brazil’s social injustice: its sharply unequal agrarian structure. The following chapters probe the causes, consequences, and contemporary reactions to this situation. In particular, they shed light on the Landless Rural Workers Movement (mst), Latin America’s largest and most prominent social movement, and its ongoing efforts to confront historic patterns of inequality in the Brazilian countryside. This volume offers a wide-ranging picture of the mst and its engagement in the Brazilian struggle for land reform. The sixteen chapters included here were produced and revised between 2004 and 2008, following a conference sponsored by the University of Oxford’s Centre for Brazilian Studies. All the contributors to this volume, an assembly of Brazilian, European, and North American–based scholars and development...