Mobilising the Periphery: Brazil's My House My Life Programme and the Homeless Workers' Movement

Autor(es)

Albert, Victor A.

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: BULLETIN OF LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH; v. 40, n. 1, p. 16-pg., 2020-05-12.

Resumo

Brazil's Movimento de Trabalhadores Sem Teto (MTST, Homeless Workers' Movement) has grown dramatically in recent years. This growth was partly provided for by the use of a large government housing programme, Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV, My House My Life), which allowed the MTST to construct housing for its members and swell its ranks with thousands of new members. Yet some have argued that the MCMV programme used by the MTST may compromise the autonomy of civil society organisations. This article, by contrast, argues that while the MCMV programme encouraged bureaucratic practices, it also helped to promote the cultural politics of the MTST. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 15/14474-0 - Governance regimes in São Paulo: an ethnography of state departments and marginal communities in São Paulo
• Beneficiário: Victor Attila Albert
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado