Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of Figures, Maps, and Tables xiii
5. List of Abbreviations xvii
6. An Overview xxiii
7. 1. Social Inequality, Agrarian Reform, and Democracy in Brazil 1
8. Part I. The Agrarian Question and Rural Social Movements in Brazil
9. 2. The Agrarian Question and Agribusiness in Brazil 43
10. 3. Rural Social Movements, Struggles for Rights, and Land Reform in Contemporary Brazilian History 68
11. 4. Churches, the Pastoral Land Commission, and the Mobilization for Agrarian Reform 90
12. Part II. MST History and Struggle for Land
13. 5. The Formation and Territorialization of the MST in Brazil 115
14. 6. Origins and Consolidation of the MST in Rio Grande do Sul 149
15. 7. Under the Black Tarp 182
16. 8. From Posseiro to Sem Terra 202
17. Part III. MST’s Agricultural Settlements
18. 9. The Struggle on the Land 229
19. 10. Rural Settlements and the MST in São Paulo 274
20. 11. Community Building in an MST Settlement in Northeast Brazil 293
21. 12. MST Settlements in Pernambuco 310
22. Part IV. The MST, Politics, and Society in Brazil
23. 13. Working with Governments 331
24. 14. The MST and the Rule of Law in Brazil 351
25. 15. Beyond the MST 375
26. Conclusion. Challenging Social Inequality 391
27. Epilogue. Broken Promise 413
28. References 429
29. Contributors 469
30. Index 473