Brazil: Between the Alternative Modernity and the Alternative to Modernity por Simim, Thiago Aguiar, Ferreira, Daniel Carvalho

“…This article analyzes the critique of modernity in Latin American social thought from two conceptions: Walter Mignolo’s position in the modernity/coloniality group, and the critique of the Brazilian sociologist Jessé Souza to readings about non-modernity in Brazil. The critique of these two perspectives sheds light on the particular position of Brazil: on one hand, its situation can be analyzed from the broad perspective of Latin America; or on the contrary, the country presents peculiarities that make difficult the task of making a simple overview. …”
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Racial quotas, black identity and rights in Brazil por Aparecida, Gislene

“…The implementation of public policy that uses racial criteria as a way of ensuring access of black students to higher education in Brazil has divided the academic community. Whilst many agree with the policy, others have questioned the viability of positive discrimination policies within this context. …”
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Family’s Health-Strategy in Brazil: An Analysis of its Applicability por Antonucci, Luiz, de Loreto, Maria das Dores, Bifano, Amelia, Miranda, Edna, Procópio, Diego

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Measures for Food and Housing in Comparative Perspective: Venezuela and Brazil por Saint’Clair Mattioda, Henrique, de Souza, Luciana Rosa

“…Comparative studies on anti-poverty programs enrich the design and evaluation of these actions. Venezuela and Brazil are implementing good anti-poverty practices in Latin America. …”
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Medicine, State and Reproduction in Brazil at the beginnings of the twentieth century por Rohden, Fabiola

“…This article shows that medical specialties involving women, reproduction, and sexuality -specialties that gained relevancy in the initial decades of the 20th century- are linked to the production of eugenicist and nationalist politics in Brazil. It analyzes scientific production in the fields of gynecology, obstetrics, and childcare, as presented in academic theses and medical journals between 1900 and 1940. …”
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Ecological Agriculture in Southern Brazil: From Alternative to Counter-Tendency por Charão Marques, Flávia, Oliveira, Daniela

“…By examining the emblematic case of Ipê-Antônio Prado in the far south of Brazil, this study confirms that through the collaboration of various actors new productive practices, discourses, performances and multiple social processes emerge that reposition local forms of organization. …”
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Democracy and education: Notes over military training in Argentina and Brazil por Penido Oliveira, Ana Amélia, Mathias, Suzeley Kalil, Mei, Eduardo

“…This article assumes that the countless military interventions and coups, and the decades in which both Argentina and Brazil lived under dictatorships; constitute an obstacle for democracy and reveal the importance of educating soldiers on the importance of military subordination to civilian authorities. …”
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Associate Work and Technology: Reflections on the Technology Incubators of Popular Cooperatives in Brazil por Cunca Bocayuva, Pedro Claudio

“…It draws upon the learning experience of the National Programme of Technology Incubators of Popular Cooperatives (ITCP) of the National Secretariat of Solidary Economy of the Ministry of Labour and Employment in Brazil (SENAES-MTE). The article defends this social technology as an educational project that operates at the subjective level. …”
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The Limits of the Enviromental International Cooperation: The Pilot Programme for the Brazil´s Tropical Forest Protection por Weiss, Joseph

“…Beyond its many achievements, an analysis of the green alliances of the Pilot Program for the Protection of the Tropical Forests of Brazil (PPG7, Portuguese acronym), as well as the conflicts present in its creation and implementation, of the results achieved, and of the circumstances in which it came to an end, demonstrate that the PPG7 contributed little to the conservation of the forest, the institutional strengthening of the Amazon region, or its sustainable development. …”
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Not so different: Reforms and multilevel tensions in the selection of subnational candidacies in Argentina and Brazil por Maia, Jayane dos Santos, Pesquero-Bordón, Jimena

“…Argentina and Brazil illustrate how distinctive electoral designs impact candidate selection for subnational elective offices. …”
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New or Old Relations? Brazil’s Technical Assistance in Mozambique during the Lula da Silva Administration por De Almedia, Elga Lessa

“…The arrival of Lula da Silva as President of the Republic in 2003 allowed Brazil to re-initiate relations with African countries, which had chilled during the period immediately following re-democratization. …”
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Flexible Crops and Rural Working Youth: From Sugar Cane in Brazil to Palm Oil in Colombia por Piñeros Lizarazo, Robinzon

“…In order to analyze this reality, we present data on the age composition of rural young workers involved in the production of sugarcane in the State of São Paulo (Brazil) and palm oil in the departments of Meta and Casanare (Colombia).…”
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Post-disaster recovery processes in neoliberal biopolitics contexts: The cases of Chile (2010) and Brazil (2011) por Saavedra, Juan, Marchezini, Victor

“…The first case is the earthquake-tsunami which took place on February 27, 2010 in the center-south area of Chile and the second case is of the flooding and landslide on January 12, 2011 in the Serrana region in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The analysis was made through revisions of documentary sources about these cases and field work, and qualitative interviews. …”
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Professional care at household: some reflections from Brazil A Dialogue between Jurema Brites and Claudia Fonseca por Brites, Jurema, Fonseca, Claudia

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Changes within Continuity: An Analysis of Recent Brazilian Foreign Policy (1990-2010) por Actis, Esteban

“…Given the theoretical proposal that neoclassical realism offers, in this article it is maintained that while Brazil’s place in the international structure determines and constrains foreign options, these options do not translate homogeneously at the level of the state unit. …”
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Brazilian and Chinese Cooperation in African Agriculture. A Practice-based Study. por Goulet, Frédéric, Gabas, Jean-Jacques, Sabourin, Eric

“…Secondly we show, particularly for Brazil, that the professionalization of cooperation activities remains a major challenge for South-South cooperation.…”
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¿La ciudad puede llegar a ser educadora? por Pérez, Patricia

“…From that standpoint, it tracks the educative processes that are part of the daily experience of some immersed communities in the urban space of Porto Alegre, Brazil.…”
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Lula y Brasil: miedo, esperanza y los más diversos intereses por Melo, Carlos Ranulfo, Anastasia, Fátima

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From the Fronts of Expansion to Large Development Projects: An Emergency in the Communities of the sertões of Itacuruba por Nascimento, Poliana de Sousa

“…This article is the result of reflections about the large development projects installed in sertão of Itaparica, Pernambuco state, Brazil. It analyses the ways in which a development discourse through the years has stimulated forceful displacements and the appropriation of natural resources, affecting the physical, social, and cultural modes of reproduction of peoples and traditional communities. …”
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The Military Policy of the Rousseff Government: Reflections on the Conduct of the Armed Forces in the UPP and the MINUSTAH por Mathias, Suzeley Kalil, Campos, Bruce Scheidl, Santos, Leandro Fernandes Sampaio

“…This article attempts to analyze how operations to guarantee order are represented in the military policy of the government of Dilma Rouseff and how these missions are related to the creation of the Police Pacification Units (UPP) in Brazil. The UPPs are a key attribute of public security of the government carioca in Brazil and by extension the Brazilian state. …”
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