Power and the Ruling Classes in Northeast Brazil
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Power and the Ruling Classes in Northeast Brazil: Juazeiro and Petrolina in Transition

Power and the Ruling Classes in Northeast Brazil: Juazeiro and Petrolina in Transition

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This case study of the structure of power and ruling-class domination in the heart of the sertão of Northeast Brazil is based upon six field trips over a period of fifteen years. Analysis of the political economy of Juazeiro, Bahia, and Petrolina, Pernambuco - two contiguous towns along the São Francisco River - focuses on the history of patriarchal families, ruling class, and patrimonial governments. Family dominance is related to the rise of the Coelhos in Petrolina and the decline of the Vianas in Juazeiro. Agressive tactics and links to Recife allowed the Coelhos to expand and assume control over most commerce in Petrolina and neighbouring municipalities to Juazeiro. In both situations the intervention of the state in the region, usually bolstered by international credits, affected traditional standards of living. The construction of the Sobradinho Dam, for example, brought problems for small farmers along the banks of the São Francisco who could no longer count on the natural flow of river water. State policy also favored corporations to the detriment of small producers on cooperative farms.

Table of Contents:
List of tables and figures; Preface; Part I. The Traditional Sertão: 1. The background; 2. The structure of power and the ruling class; 3. Juazeiro: cohesion and factionalism; 4. Petrolina: patriarchy and family dominance; 5. The ruling class and the polity; 6. The ruling class and the economy; 7. The ruling class in civic and social life; 8. Ideology; 9. Development and underdevelopment; 10. Participation, mobilization, and conflict; Part II. The Sertão Revisited: 11. Political challenge to traditional hegemony; 12. State intervention and the prospects for capitalist accumulation; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780521373845
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 404
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Weight: 707 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0521373840
  • Publisher Date: 25 May 1990
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Juazeiro and Petrolina in Transition
  • Width: 152 mm


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