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Brazil Emerging Inequality and Emancipation
Introduction Jan Nederveen Pieterse and Adalberto Cardoso 1. Building Democracy in an Emerging Society: Challenges of the Welfare State in Brazil Sonia Fleury 2. Inequality, Poverty and the Brazilian Social Protection System Marcelo Medeiros, Sergei Soares, Pedro Souza and Rafael Osorio 3. Growth and Social Policies: Towards Inclusive Development Jan Nederveen Pieterse 4. Brazil’s Labor Market: Limitations and Opportunities for Emancipation Adalberto Cardoso 5. Social Movements and Emancipation in Brazil Ilse Scherer-Warren 6. MST’s Agenda of Emancipation: Interfaces of National Politics and Global Contestation Breno Bringel 7. Brazilian Culture as Category of Public Intervention Myrian Sepúlveda dos Santos 8. Community Policing of Rio’s Favelas: State-Led Development or Market-Oriented Intervention? Erica Mesker 9. Media Democratization in Brazil Revisited Carolina Matos 10. A Bahian Counterpoint of Sugar and Oil: Global Commodities, Global Identities? Livio Sansone 11. Why (Post)Colonialism And (De)Coloniality Are Not Enough: A Post-Imperialist Perspective Gustavo Lins Ribeiro
Biography
Jan Nederveen Pieterse is Mellichamp Professor of Global Studies and Sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Adalberto Cardoso is Professor of Sociology at IESP-UERJ.
"This volume of marquee contributors enhances the conceptual and applied understanding of inequality in Brazil. Especially well edited, the book addresses the progress of social inclusion in Brazil. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." – Patrice M Franko, Colby College, CHOICE Reviews, September 2014
