The global economy has been irrevocably changed by the dramatic economic rise of their five countries collectively referred to as the BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. This book plots their rise and provides a unique analysis of the patterns of structural c…
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Analisa a situação política brasileira contemporânea, examinando a relativa debilidade dos partidos políticos brasileiros. Identifica a presença de elementos que prejudicam a constituição dos partidos, a consolidação de suas bases sociais e de sua própria identidade, a sua capac…
"Carolina (1915-77), whose childhood nickname was Bitita, evokes the hardships of her early life in 1920s-30s rural Minas Gerais. Volume was written in 1970s and posthumously published, first in French in 1982 and finally in Portuguese in 1986. This very careful translation aims…
"Carolina (1915-77), whose childhood nickname was Bitita, evokes the hardships of her early life in 1920s-30s rural Minas Gerais. Volume was written in 1970s and posthumously published, first in French in 1982 and finally in Portuguese in 1986. This very careful translation aims…
Biofuels are currently in the middle of a heated academic and public policy debate. Biofuels production has increased fivefold in the past decade and is expected to double by 2020. Most of this expansion will happen in developing nations. This book is the first of its kind, prov…
Biofuels are currently in the middle of a heated academic and public policy debate. Biofuels production has increased fivefold in the past decade and is expected to double by 2020. Most of this expansion will happen in developing nations. This book is the first of its kind, prov…
Rising social, political and economic inequality has seen the restoration of the concept of 'class' to a prominent place in contemporary anthropological debates. This book explores the concept of class and its importance for understanding the key sources of that inequality and o…
Rising social, political and economic inequality has seen the restoration of the concept of 'class' to a prominent place in contemporary anthropological debates. This book explores the concept of class and its importance for understanding the key sources of that inequality and o…
"Slaves of the Saint is an ethnographic documentary about Afro-Brazilian religions, which combine elements of African religions, folk Catholicism, and Spiritualism. Popular in urban centers like Rio de Janeiro, these religions center on a variety of spiritual beings who are beli…
This title examines the intersections of social marginality, morality, and magic in contemporary Brazil by analyzing the beliefs and religious practices related to the Afro-Brazilian spirit entity Pomba Gira.
BRICS: an anti-capitalist critique
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One of the defining features of the global economy is the rise of the BRICS - a bloc of emerging economies, comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. These nations seem to be growing at a much faster rate than the developed nations of the Eurozone and North Ame…
