The social dynamics of Brazil's rural landless workers movement: ten hypotheses on successful leadership

This essay begins with an exposition of what the authors call New Sociopolitical Peasant Movements (NSPM) in Latin America, their dynamics and the class and social character of their leadership, to finally arrive to the analysis of the rural landless workers movement in Brazil, considered the most dynamic movement in Latin America. The main discussion is focussed to the success of the Brazilian movement, with reference to its leadership. This leadership is analysed throughout ten hypotheses which are constructed in order to interpret field data and demonstrate the importance of the relationship between leaders and their commiment with the movement and the specific struggle actions.

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Main Authors: Petras,James, Veltmeyer,Henry
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Colegio de Postgraduados 2004
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1870-54722004000100002
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