Dados is one of the most widely-read social sciences journals in Latin America. Created in 1966, it publishes innovative works, originating from academic research, by Brazilian and foreign authors. Edited by IESP-UERJ, it aims to reconcile scientific rigor and academic excellence with an emphasis on public debate based on the analysis of substantive issues of society and politics.
Dados vol. 47 n. 3 Rio de Janeiro 2004
Abstract
This article seeks to understand the fact that Pernambucan unionists have joined occupations of land, as well as the consequences of this new practice for the labour movement in other states where the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) is a monopoly force. Based on a systematic study of events organized by FETAPE (the rural labour federation of Pernambuco), it emerges that this traditional labour organization started to follow the model forged by the MST guided in large part by its internal union education structures, historic conditions of reproduction and especially by generational conflict between its members.
Keywords: agrarian reform, Landless Worker's Movement, Zona da Mata
DOI: 10.1590/S0011-52582004000300002
The new faces of the rural labour movement: agrarian reform and union tradition in the Zona da Mata in Pernambuco
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