Authors:Regis St. Louis, Andrew Draffen, Molly Green, Thomas
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Keywords: brazil, planet, lonely
Number of Pages: 748
Published: 2005-01-15
List price: $26.99
ISBN-10: 1741040213
ISBN-13: 9781741040210
Sunbathe in Tambaba, float down the Amazon on a riverboat or dance to pulsing axé in Salvador - whatever your dreams, live them in Brazil. Explore its pristine beaches, steamy jungles and music-filled cities with our inspirational guide, which takes you from Rio’s unrivaled nightlife to the Pantanal’s spectacular wildlife without missing a beat. • JOIN THE PARTY - expanded Carnaval chapter packed with insider tips on Rio’s bacchanal, plus details on year-round festivals throughout the country • BE INSPIRED - wander the cobblestone streets of Ouro Preto, spy dolphi
Author: IMF Independent Evaluation Office
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Keywords: indonesia, korea, brazil, crises, account, recent, capital, imf
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 2003-10
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1589062744
ISBN-13: 9781589062740
The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) was established by the IMF’s Executive Board in 2001. It provides objective and independent evaluation of issues related to the IMF. The IEO operates independently of IMF management and at arm’s length of the IMF Executive Board. This report evaluates the role of the IMF in three recent capital account crises, in Indonesia (1997-98), Korea (1997-98), and Brazil (1998-99), and the lessons to be drawn from the experience. It also recommends steps aimed at making the IMF’s surveillance and program design more effective in the prevention an
Author: Leonardo Avritzer
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: wilson, center, press, woodrow, brazil, institutions, democratic, participatory
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-04-28
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0801891809
ISBN-13: 9780801891809
Brazil has conducted some of the world’s most stunning experiments in participatory democracy, most notably the creation of city budgets through local citizens’ meetings. Leonardo Avritzer introduces a fresh analytical approach to reveal the social and institutional conditions that make civic participation most effective, expanding the empirical base for assessing these institutions. By examining participatory health councils and city master plans within a diverse group of cities -- São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Salvador -- this book goes beyond the current literature, which has
Authors:Regis St. Louis, Kevin Raub, Gregor Clark, John Noble
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Keywords: guide, country, brazil
Number of Pages: 768
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $26.99
ISBN-10: 1741042976
ISBN-13: 9781741042979
Discover BrazilWander the streets of bohemian Lapa, where samba spills from every doorwaySwim eyeball-to-eyeball with hundreds of exotic fish in crystalline watersBrave near-vertical descents on a wind-whipped dune buggy rideSling a hammock and relax as your riverboat glides up the AmazonIn This Guide:Seven authors, 375 days of in-country research, 33 types of transport (including water buffalo, mine car and canoe)50% more coverage of chic, dynamic Sao PauloA samba musician, a wildlife tour guide and other locals introduce you to their Brazil
Author: Nancy Scheper-Hughes
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: brazil, centennial, book, life, everyday, weeping, violence, death
Number of Pages: 628
Published: 1993-11-09
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0520075374
ISBN-13: 9780520075375
When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the lands of Northeast Brazil, this is an account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness and death that centres on the lives of the women and children of a hillside "favela". Bringing her readers to the impoverished slopes above the modern plantation town of Bom Jesus de Mata, where she has worked on and off for 25 years, the author follows three generations of shantytown women as they struggle to survive through hard work, cunning and
Author: Gay W. Seidman
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: south, africa, brazil, movements, militance, workers, manufacturing
Number of Pages: 372
Published: 1994-05-05
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0520083032
ISBN-13: 9780520083035
Challenging prevailing theories of development and labor, Gay Seidman’s controversial study explores how highly politicized labor movements could arise simultaneously in Brazil and South Africa, two starkly different societies. Beginning with the 1960s, Seidman shows how both authoritarian states promoted specific rapid-industrialization strategies, in the process reshaping the working class and altering relationships between business and the state. When economic growth slowed in the 1970s, workers in these countries challenged social and political repression; by the mid-1980s, they had
Author: Carol Ann Drogus and Hannah Stewart-Gambino
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Pre
Keywords: brazil, chile, democratic, women, faith, grassroots, activist
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2007-12-06
List price: $27.00
ISBN-10: 0271025506
ISBN-13: 9780271025506
“An extensive and powerful literature on religion, society, and politics in Latin America in recent years has begun with the assumption that most of the movements that surged in the struggle against military rule are dead, that most of the activists are scattered and burned out, and that the promise of civil society as a source of new values and a new kind of citizenship and political life was illusory. Many have assumed that the religiously inspired activism of that period left little lasting impact, but hardly anyone has actually looked at the activists themselves to see what remains, how
