1. Countering Inequality: Brazil's Movimento Sem-Terra.
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Valente, Rubia R. and Berry, Brian J. L.
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SOCIAL movements , *RURAL education , *LAND reform , *LANDLESSNESS , *POOR people , *HUMAN settlements , *SOCIAL conditions in Brazil, 1985- - Abstract
Data from a national survey of formerly landless peasants residing in federal land-reform settlements in Brazil (Pesquisa Nacional de Educação na Reforma Agrária- PNERA) confirm that the Landless Rural Workers Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem-Terra- MST) has been far more successful than other settlement movements in assuring a better quality of life for its members. This superior performance is attributed to an organizational structure that demands and assures membership involvement, and a commitment to participatory education in an environment that fosters and supports MST's goals and objectives. MST's members have higher self-perceived social status than members of non- MST movements, have better residential environments and more material possessions, and experience an education that emphasizes the movement's principles of social justice, radical democracy, and humanist and socialist values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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