MST and the policies of land reform at the Lula government: oral reports about the struggle for land and permanence in the Argentina Maria camp and Reunidas settlement

• Grant number: 13/24174-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: November 01, 2014
• End date: January 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography
• Principal Investigator: Mirian Claudia Lourencao Simonetti
• Grantee: Thaylizze Goes Nunes Pereira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Políticas Públicas e Relações Internacionais (IPPRI). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research aims to understand the identity of the Landless Workers Movement (MST), by the perspective of its protagonists on Agrarian Reform Policies of the Government of the Workers Party (PT) between the years 2003-2010. Our hypothesis is that the identity of this movement is stressed since it is made up of diverse segments, though they have access to land as a major goal of its existence, has different demands on the public policies. This becomes clear when one observes the testimony of the settlers camped, militants and leaders regarding the policies of agrarian reform in the period of PT governments between 2003-2010. Among the protagonists of the MST, there is no uniform view on these policies, among the campers there are critical notices with respect to the delay in the implementation of agrarian reform and the settlers feel included in te process with some policies for the acquisition of food. With the testimony of camping, settlers, activists and leaders of São Paulo state about the policies of Agrarian Reform of the Federal Government, we intend to analyze these territorialities in tension. This will be done by comparing the statements, noting their differences according to the interviewee segment and also with government situation treated in the period, referring here to the first and second term of the Governments of the Workers Party.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

PEREIRA, Thaylizze Goes Nunes. The Landless Farmworker’s Movement and the agricultural reform policies in Lula government: oral reports about the struggle for conquest and staying in land at Settlement Camp Reunidas and the Settlement Camp Argentina Maria. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Políticas Públicas e Relações Internacionais. São Paulo São Paulo.