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UNINA9910796721603321 |
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Braga Ruy |
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The politics of the Precariat. From populism to Lulista hegemony / / Ruy Braga |
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Leiden : , : Koninklijke Brill NV, , 2017 |
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1 online resource (304 pages) |
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Historical Materialism Book Series |
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Fordism |
Marxian school of sociology |
Brazil Social conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Motto -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Formation of the Reversal -- The Spectre of the People -- The Fatalism of the Weak -- The Transformation of Hegemony in Reverse -- The Smile of the Exploited -- The Anguish of the Subalterns -- ‘Let’s Play That?’ -- Interventions -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Making use of the theoretical tools of Marxist critical sociology, Ruy Braga proposes an innovative reading of the social history of Brazil – from Fordist populism to the Lulista hegemony – using the ‘politics of the precariat’ as an analytical vector. Braga’s analysis seeks to explain both economic and structural processes (peripheral Fordism, its crisis, the transition to financialised post-Fordism) and the subjective dimension of the proletariat suffering from precarity (the anxiety of the subordinate, the preoccupation of the worker, the plebeian or classist drive of the exploited). At the moment when the plebeian drive is once again stimulating strike activity in the country, underlined by the protests that have recently shaken Brazil, this book impels us to reflect on the limits of the current model of Brazilian development. First published in Portugese as A política do precariado: do populismo à hegemonia lulista by Boitempo Editorial in 2012. |
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UNINA9910819939203321 |
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Autore |
Mayer Michael <1973-> |
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US missile defense strategy : engaging the debate / / by Michael Mayer |
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Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, England : , : FirstForumPress, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Ballistic missile defenses - United States |
Ballistic missile defenses - Government policy - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Why missile defense? -- Strategic roles for missile defense -- The nuts and bolts of missile defense -- BMD and the Clinton administration -- BMD and the Bush administration -- BMD and the Obama administration -- The strategic utility of missile defense. |
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Why has the United States continued to develop ballistic missile defenses in an era of irregular warfare and asymmetric terrorist threats? How does missile defense contribute to US global strategy? Can the BMD system achieve the goals that lay behind its creation? Michael Mayer addresses these questions in his balanced approach to the contentious debate over the strategic value of missile defense. Mayer surveys the grand strategies of the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations, methodically comparing them with each president's missile defense policies. He also demystifies the fundamentals of the BMD system. Seeking to change the terms of the debate, he cogently challenges much of the conventional wisdom touted by both supporters and detractors of ballistic missile defense. |
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