Abstract

PETRAS, James  and  VELTMEYER, Henry. The social dynamics of Brazil's rural landless workers movement: ten hypotheses on successful leadership. agric. soc. desarro [online]. 2004, vol.1, n.1, pp.1-19. ISSN 1870-5472.

This essay begins with an exposition of what the authors call New Sociopolitical Peasant Movements (NSPM) in Latin America, their dynamics and the class and social character of their leadership, to finally arrive to the analysis of the rural landless workers movement in Brazil, considered the most dynamic movement in Latin America. The main discussion is focussed to the success of the Brazilian movement, with reference to its leadership. This leadership is analysed throughout ten hypotheses which are constructed in order to interpret field data and demonstrate the importance of the relationship between leaders and their commiment with the movement and the specific struggle actions.

Keywords : Sociopolitical movements; social commitment; social change.

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