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"I am going to break this logic of fear!": Activism and subversive care at the periphery of Fortaleza, Brazil. [PDF]
J Lat Am Caribb Anthropol, 2023 Abstract Based on ethnographic work conducted between 2015 and 2022 at the periphery of Fortaleza, in Northeast Brazil, this article analyzes the work of community activists as a form of subversive care. Women activists, many of whom work for the local public clinics, as social workers with local NGOs, or as schoolteachers, challenge dominant ...
Mandache LA.
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Adding Insult to Injury: The COVID-19 Crisis Strikes Latin America. [PDF]
Dev Change, 2022 ABSTRACT This article takes on the task of historicizing the global crisis that unfolded after the outbreak of COVID‐19, focusing on its particular dynamics in Latin America. It proposes a distinction between a first phase — an unmitigated crisis that lasted until the end of 2020 — and a second phase in the period since then, that is defined by managed
Grigera J.
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Portugal: Political Developments and Data in 2022
European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, Volume 62, Issue 1, Page 409-426, December 2023., 2023 Abstract In this article, the main events of political life in Portugal are discussed. It includes a report on general elections in 2022, the formation of a new Socialist absolute majority government led by Prime Minister Antonio Costa, and major parliamentary decisions and debates.
JOSÉ M. MAGONE
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Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 42, Issue 5, Page 663-677, November 2023., 2023 The growth of the far right and election results in Brazil are often associated with national or large‐scale events. The multi‐level features of these developments, namely party competition at the sub‐national level, are overlooked in the literature. This article argues that changes in the Brazilian national party system – those observed from Bolsonaro'
Jayane dos Santos Maia +3 more
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Mending the Divide: Lessons from LGBTQ+ Movements for Latin American Studies
Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 42, Issue 4, Page 551-563, September 2023., 2023 Latin American has made remarkable progress in the last twenty years regarding LGBTQ+ rights. More recently, LGBTQ‐related issues have had major impacts on national and regional politics. However, most of the literature about Latin American social movements still largely ignores LGBTQ+ movements.
Beatriz Santos Barreto
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Neither dead nor alive: Participatory slum governance as a zombie program
City &Society, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 65-76, August 2023., 2023 Abstract This article focuses on PREZEIS, an internationally acclaimed participatory slum governance program in Recife, Brazil. PREZEIS was implemented in 1987 and emerged out of a strong popular movement that resisted forced evictions of squatter settlements under the military regime (1964–1985).
Sven da Silva +2 more
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Can Descriptive Representation Help the Right Win Votes from the Poor? Evidence from Brazil
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 67, Issue 3, Page 671-686, July 2023., 2023 Abstract The electoral success of the Right in poor nations is typically attributed to nonpolicy appeals such as clientelism. Candidate profiles are usually ignored because if voters value class‐based descriptive representation, it should be the Left that uses it.
Zuheir Desai, Anderson Frey
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Building Mistrust: ‘Minha Casa Minha Vida’ and its Political Effects in Rio de Janeiro
Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 41, Issue 5, Page 724-738, November 2022., 2022 Considering the recent decrease in Rio de Janeiro working‐class voters' support for the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT, Workers' Party), this article investigates a largely unexplored factor behind this shift: the influence of the federal housing programme Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV, My House, My Life), designed by the PT.
Silvia Stefani
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Global Networks, Volume 22, Issue 4, Page 792-815, October 2022., 2022 Abstract In 2019, wildfires in the Amazon renewed international concern about Brazilian environmental policy, led by Jair Bolsonaro. As one of the biggest repositories of the world's biodiversity, the Amazon Rainforest has been a source of concern in global environmental governance.
Cristiana Maglia
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Journal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 32, Issue 5, Page 846-859, September/October 2022., 2022 Abstract The election of the far‐right populist Jair Bolsonaro in the 2018 Brazilian Presidential election was a major turning point in the history of the country and arguably part of a worldwide trend toward a form of ‘authoritarian populism’. The present study was conducted to explore psychological factors that may contribute to the appeal of a ...
Alexandre Barros Franco, Nicholas Pound
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