Land and Freedom: The MST, the Zapatistas and Peasant Alternatives to Neoliberalism by Vergara-Camus, Leandro

Land and Freedom: The MST, the Zapatistas and Peasant Alternatives to Neoliberalism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781780327433)

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Land and Freedom: The MST, the Zapatistas and Peasant Alternatives to Neoliberalism by Vergara-Camus, Leandro

Land and Freedom: The MST, the Zapatistas and Peasant Alternatives to Neoliberalism

$115.00
Land and Freedom: The MST, the Zapatistas and Peasant Alternatives to Neoliberalism by Vergara-Camus, Leandro

Land and Freedom: The MST, the Zapatistas and Peasant Alternatives to Neoliberalism

$115.00
Format: Hardcover
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The Zapatistas of Chiapas and the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) of Brazil are often celebrated as shining examples in the global struggle against neoliberalism. But what have these movements achieved for their members in more than two decades of resistance and can any of these achievements realistically contribute to the rise of a viable alternative?

Through a perfect balance of grassroots testimonies, participative observation and consideration of key debates in development studies, agrarian political economy, historical sociology and critical political economy, Land and Freedom compares, for the first time, the Zapatista and MST movements.

Casting a spotlight on their resistance to globalizing market forces, Vergara-Camus gets to the heart of how these movements organize themselves and how territorial control, politicization and empowerment of their membership and the decommodification of social relations are key to understanding their radical development potential.

Author: Leandro Vergara-Camus
ISBN-10: 1780327439
ISBN-13: 9781780327433
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 09/11/2014
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d
By Leandro Vergara-Camus
By Leandro Vergara-Camus
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Leandro Vergara-Camus teaches development studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His work focuses on the Latin American left, peasant agriculture, the history of land struggles in Latin America, and the impact of the internationalization of the Brazilian sugar cane ethanol industry in the global South.
Leandro Vergara-Camus teaches development studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His work focuses on the Latin American left, peasant agriculture, the history of land struggles in Latin America, and the impact of the internationalization of the Brazilian sugar cane ethanol industry in the global South.

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