Homogenizing machine

The agribusiness caucus's building of voting convergence in the Brazilian Congress

Bibliographic Data

ID2489341
AuthorsCaio Pompeia (0000-0002-1692-1985, Universidade de São Paulo, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume21
Publication date2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1809-4341 • E-ISSN: 1809-4341
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-43412024v21a500
OpenAlexW4392404028
SCIELO_PIDS1809-43412024000100500
LanguageEN
References cited19

Dissensions among private leaders of agricultural commodity chains have drawn attention in Brazil, particularly concerning climate-related issues. However, these divisions have not manifested in the National Congress, where the agribusiness caucus usually builds a highly homogeneous voting base in matters connected with these issues. This article analyses this contrast by means of an ethnography of the complex movements involved in constructing this homogeneity. To do this, the work followed a legislative measure related to the Forest Code as it moved through Congress. The research triangulated data obtained from long-term participant observation in Congress and the Instituto Pensar Agropecuária, corporate and state documents and interviews with politicians and heads of business associations. The results evidence a political machine that produces voting convergence linked with agribusiness agendas in the Legislative branch

Agribusiness · Agriculture · Caucus · Convergence (economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Politics · Voting · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Computer Science · International Development and Aid · Law · Rural Development and Agriculture

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