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Author : Wendy Wolford
Release : 2016
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Book Synopsis Deconstructing the Post-neoliberal State: Intimate Perspectives on Contemporary Brazil by : Wendy Wolford
Download or read book Deconstructing the Post-neoliberal State: Intimate Perspectives on Contemporary Brazil written by Wendy Wolford. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman
Release : 2022-03-17
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Second-Class Daughters by : Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman
Download or read book Second-Class Daughters written by Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman. This book was released on 2022-03-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, Brazil is home to the largest number of African descendants outside Africa and the greatest number of domestic workers in the world. Drawing on ten years of interviews and ethnographic research, the author examines the lives of marginalized informal domestic workers who are called 'adopted daughters' but who live in slave-like conditions in the homes of their adoptive families. She traces a nuanced and, at times, disturbing account of how adopted daughters, who are trapped in a system of racial, gender, and class oppression, live with the coexistence of extreme forms of exploitation and seemingly loving familial interactions and affective relationships. Highlighting the humanity of her respondents, Hordge-Freeman examines how filhas de criação (raised daughters) navigate the realities of their structural constraints and in the context of pervasive norms of morality, gratitude, and kinship. In all, the author clarifies the link between contemporary and colonial forms of exploitation, while highlighting the resistance and agency of informal domestic workers.
Author : John D. French
Release : 2020-09-21
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 772/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lula and His Politics of Cunning by : John D. French
Download or read book Lula and His Politics of Cunning written by John D. French. This book was released on 2020-09-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known around the world simply as Lula, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva was born in 1945 to illiterate parents who migrated to industrializing Sao Paulo. He learned to read at ten years of age, left school at fourteen, became a skilled metalworker, rose to union leadership, helped end a military dictatorship—and in 2003 became the thirty-fifth president of Brazil. During his administration, Lula led his country through reforms that lifted tens of millions out of poverty. Here, John D. French, one of the foremost historians of Brazil, provides the first critical biography of the leader whom even his political opponents see as strikingly charismatic, humorous, and endearing. Interweaving an intimate and colorful story of Lula's life—his love for home, soccer, factory floor, and union hall—with an analysis of large-scale forces, French argues that Lula was uniquely equipped to influence the authoritarian structures of power in this developing nation. His cunning capacity to speak with, not at, people and to create shared political meaning was fundamental to his political triumphs. After Lula left office, his opponents convicted and incarcerated him on charges of money laundering and corruption—but his immense army of voters celebrated his recent release from jail, insisting that he is the victim of a right-wing political ambush. The story of Lula is not over.
Author : Roberta Villalón
Release : 2017-07-06
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 267/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Memory, Truth, and Justice in Contemporary Latin America by : Roberta Villalón
Download or read book Memory, Truth, and Justice in Contemporary Latin America written by Roberta Villalón. This book was released on 2017-07-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful text provides the first systematic analysis of the second wave of memory and justice mobilization throughout Latin America. Pairing clear explanations of concepts and debates with case studies, the book offers a unique opportunity for students to interpret the history and politics of Latin American countries. The contributors provide insight into human rights issues and grassroots movements that are essential for a broader understanding of struggles for justice, memory, and equality across the globe, especially during our current unsettled times of political polarization, violence, repression, and popular resistance worldwide.
Author : Nick Ellison
Release : 2006-04-07
Genre : Computers
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Book Rating : 703/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Transformation of Welfare States? by : Nick Ellison
Download or read book The Transformation of Welfare States? written by Nick Ellison. This book was released on 2006-04-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Globalization', institutions and welfare regimes -- The challenge of globalization -- Globalization and welfare regime change -- Towards workfare? : changing labour market policies -- Labour market policies in social democratic and continental regimes -- Population ageing, GEPs and changing pensions systems -- Pensions policies in continental and social regimes -- Conclusion : welfare regimes in a liberalizing world.
