Mobilising the Periphery

Brazil's My House My Life Programme and the Homeless Workers' Movement

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3816638
AutoresVictor A Albert (0000-0002-0262-826X, Higher School of Economics Russian Federation), Victor Albert (0000-0003-4356-6162, National Research University Higher School of Economics, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen40
Número1
Páginas84-99
Fecha de publicación2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/blar.13103
OpenAlexW3024400757
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas27

Brazil's Movimento de Trabalhadores Sem Teto (MTST, Homeless Workers' Movement) has grown dramatically in recent years. This growth was partly provided for by the use of a large government housing programme, Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV, My House My Life), which allowed the MTST to construct housing for its members and swell its ranks with thousands of new members. Yet some have argued that the MCMV programme used by the MTST may compromise the autonomy of civil society organisations. This article, by contrast, argues that while the MCMV programme encouraged bureaucratic practices, it also helped to promote the cultural politics of the MTST

Autonomy · Bureaucracy · Civil society · Compromise · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Public Administration · Urban Planning and Governance