The Politics of the Possible

The Brazilian Rural Workers' Trade Union Movement, 1964-1985

• Author(s): Biorn Maybury-Lewis,
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Pages: 297
• ISBN_10: 1566391679
  ISBN_13: 9781566391672
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Labor / General , Business & Economics / Labor / Unions , History / Latin America / South America , History / Social History , Political Science / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Hispanic American Studies ,

Description:... Despite the repressive military dictatorship in Brazil from 1964 to 1985, rural workers' trade unions flourished. This work examines how union leaders carved out a place for themselves in the political order of the country, and how other progressive movements can succeed in comparable situation.