Heterogeneity and Instability

Theoretical–Methodological Outcomes of Three Investigations on Land and Agrarian Movements and the State

Dados Bibliográficos

ID18981007
AutoresLygia Sigaud (0000-0001-8535-9570, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, autor correspondente), Camila Penna (0000-0001-5579-1653, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Priscila D Carvalho (0000-0002-0189-8217, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Ano2021
Volume10
Fascículo3
Páginas415-439
Data de publicação2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAgrarian South Journal of Political Economy A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARES (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2277-9760 • E-ISSN: 2321-0281
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/22779760211052612
OpenAlexW3209633986
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas33

The article presents a theoretical–methodological proposal to research movements and its connections based on the associations they establish. The first investigation focuses on the transformations of the South African Landless People’s Movement, the second on interactions between Brazilian rural movements and the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform, the third focuses on the transnational ties of the Brazilian National Confederation of Agricultural Workers. We produce an ontological definition of movements and the state as collectives whose existence is defined by continuous assemblages of heterogeneous and unstable elements. Those collectives are not enclosed analytical units, but contingent and contextual. Methodologically, we suggest the observation of the processes in the long term to grasp the continuous constructions of those collectives, even before they reach public expression. Controversies are analytical categories for understanding which elements allow things to take the course we analyze

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