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Drowning in Laws
Since 1943, the lives of Brazilian working people and their employers have been governed by the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT). Seen as the end of an exclusively repressive approach, the CLT was long hailed as one of the world's most advanced bodies of social legislation. In Drowning in Laws, John D. French examines the juridical origins of the CLT and the role it played in the cultural and political formation of the Brazilian working class. Focusing on the relatively open political era known as the Populist Republic of 1945 to 1964, French illustrates the glaring contrast between the generosity of the CLT's legal promises and the meager justice meted out in workplaces, government ministries, and labor courts. He argues that the law, from the outset, was more an ideal than a set of enforceable regulations--there was no intention on the part of leaders and bureaucrats to actually practice what was promised, yet workers seized on the CLT's utopian premises while attacking its systemic flaws. In the end, French says, the labor laws became "real" in the workplace only to the extent that workers struggled to turn the imaginary ideal into reality.
Social Exclusion and Mobility in Brazil
Brazil is a country of sharp disparities. The gap between the richest and the poorest citizens is one of the largest in the world. Inequality in Brazil is well-known, but its low mobility is not. Until now, few studies have sought to investigate how forms of social exclusion constrain socioeconomic mobility. Why do particular groups remain excluded and trapped in poverty for generations? What do Brazilians themselves think about income inequality and social mobility? This study explores these issues, provides a set of options to redress them, and promotes a national dialogue for action. In addi.
Goodbye, Brazil
Brazil, a country that has always received immigrants, only rarely saw its own citizens move abroad. Beginning in the late 1980s, however, thousands of Brazilians left for the United States, Japan, Portugal, Italy, and other nations, propelled by a series of intense economic crises. By 2009 an estimated three million Brazilians were living abroad—about 40 percent of them in the United States. Goodbye, Brazil is the first book to provide a global perspective on Brazilian emigration. Drawing and synthesizing data from a host of sociological and anthropological studies, preeminent Brazilian immigration scholar Maxine L. Margolis surveys and analyzes this greatly expanded Brazilian diaspora, a...
Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality
How activists in Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil provide inspiration and strategies for combating the gender violence epidemic in the United States How can the U.S. learn from the perspectives of anti-gender violence activists in South America and Africa as we seek to end intimate violence in this country? The U.S. has consistently positioned itself as a moral exemplar, seeking to export its philosophy and values to other societies. Yet in this book, Traci C. West argues that the U.S. has much to learn from other countries when it comes to addressing gender-based violence. West traveled to Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil to interview activists involved in the struggle against gender violence...
Dangerous Anarchist Strikers
This book explores the ideas of three largely forgotten radical women who participated in labor union strikes in Argentina and Uruguay, Canada, and the United States: Virginia Bolten (c.1876-1960), one of the most militant anarchists of southern South America; Helen Armstrong (1875-1947), a major leader of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, whose involvement in that important event in Canadian history was, for a long time, obscured by accounts that emphasized the accomplishments of men; and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964), the Wobbly leader who directed many industrial strikes throughout the United States, and was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union, who eventually...
Ângela
Após a morte de sua mãe, Ângela resolve abandonar sua casa para escapar das garras de um pai tirano e violento. Ao terminar os estudos, deixa a casa da tia que a acolheu e começa a traçar o próprio caminho. E então conhece Marcos, um homem por quem se apaixona, entregando-se a ele. Por descuido ou por destino, o que era amor transforma-se em obsessão, e Marcos releva-se um rapaz extremamente violento. Ângela agora revive as lembranças de seu passado materializadas no presente perturbador vivido ao lado de Marcos, que a fará fugir novamente, mostrando que essa nem sempre é a melhor atitude. Será que Ângela conseguirá recomeçar? Ou o destino a conduzirá para um fim catastrófico?
O CORDÃO INFINITO
The Infinite Cord is a bilingual inspirational memoir about the simple life of a Brazilian family in a coffee farm. The stories were stitched to celebrate the 80th birthday of a matriarch. The memories include happiness, humor, suffering, resilience, and other moments of being human. The narratives may help you to look inside and change your life perception. Family and friends make us who we are; the infinite cord connects past, present, and future. Let ́s dive in this authentic readings sewed by hand. Sobre o Livro O Cordão Infinito é um livro de memórias inspirador bilíngue que descreve a vida simples de uma família brasileira em uma fazenda de café. As histórias foram alinhavadas para comemorar os 80 anos de uma matriarca. As memórias incluem a felicidade, o humor, o sofrimento, a resiliência e outros momentos que relacionam-se ao ser humano. As narrativas podem te ajudar a refletir e mudar a sua percepção de vida. Família e amigos fazem de nós o que somos; o cordão infinito conecta passado, presente e futuro. Mergulhemos nestas autênticas leituras costuradas à mão.
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