The nation in corte : electoral rights in vintismo

Moreira, Vital, Domingues, José, coord. (2023). - From subjects citizens : the conquest of citizenship in Portugal, from the 1820 Liberal Revolution to the present day. - Lisboa : Universidade Lusíada Editora

Reading what farmers write : an agroecological exploration of three farmers/authors’ proposals to develop ecological, productive and profitable farm enterprises

This thesis uses a case study analysis to explore the accounts and proposals of three farmer-authors – Joel Salatin, Mark Shepard and Richard Perkins – to create productive, profitable, ecological and enjoyable farm enterprises and discuss their contribution to a better agriculture, food system, and society.Writings of successful ‘alternative’ farmers have generated much interest among aspiring farmers, media and the general public. Research in food systems, however, seems to have paid little attention to such cases. Should researchers be looking more closely at these approaches? This thesis uses a Case Study Analysis to explore the accounts and proposals of three farmer-authors – Joel Salatin, Mark Shepard and Richard Perkins. The analysis of the first two is based in the authors’ books, articles and interviews available online, while the third is also based in participant observation and semi-structured interviews. As the use of sustainability as an all-encompassing concept often muddles discussions, this study used a different method, analyzing these approaches in light of how desirable they are, how they sustain the resources they require, and their potential and appeal for broad adoption. These approaches were found to be generally in line with agroecological principles and likely to be among the best in various aspects of desirability and sustainability. Although they are knowledge intensive, they use low capital approaches which may ease their adoption. Moreover, they convey narratives that weave elements of entrepreneurship, ethics and personal fulfillment that are little studied in agroecological literature. Although solid conclusions require more detailed research, these models appear to be good prototypes for a return to highly diversified multi-purpose farms. Useful next steps include researching the actual values of their productivity and profitability, the extent of potential market for similar models, and how to develop the know-how required to make such farms work.M-A

Extreme-right, democracy and oligarchy

This article places the Brazilian Bolsonaro government in comparative perspective, particularly in what refers to the surge and strengthening of extreme-right globally. It discusses the emergence of a new sort of political regime (advanced liberal oligarchy) within a more general analysis of modern political regimes (in particular liberal democracy and its crisis, fascism and bureaucratic authoritarianism), the eruption of popular mobilization since 2013 in the country (as part of a global trend), the crisis of the left and how unexpectedly an extreme-right political movement came to power in Brazil. The article then analyses the Bolsonaro government in greater detail, its right-wing posture and its relation to liberal democracy and its largely oligarchic elements, as well as moves by the opposition.Este artigo põe o governo Bolsonaro no Brasil em perspectiva comparada, em particular no que se refere relançamento e fortalecimento da extrema-direita globalmente. Ele discute a emergência de um novo tipo de regime (a oligarquia liberal avançada) nos quadros de uma análise mais ampla dos regimes políticos modernos (em particular a democracia liberal e sua crise, o fascismo e o autoritarismo burocrático), da erupção da mobilização popular desde 2013 no país (como parte de uma tendência global), da crise da esquerda e de como de forma inesperada um movimento político de extrema-direita chegou ao poder no Brasil. O artigo então analisa o governo Bolsonaro em detalhe, sua postura de direita e relações com a democracia liberal e seus elementos em larga medida oligárquicos, bem como dos movimentos da oposição. &nbsp

La (vio)langue de Jean-Pierre Verheggen : style, identité et génétique

Cet article vise une caractérisation critique des particularités esthétiques de la fiction de lécrivain belge francophone Jean-Pierre Verheggen. Il sagira de dégager des relations identitaires entre le lieu décriture, la langue et le contexte et mouvance littéraire dans lesquels cette fiction advient.This paper aims at critically describing the aesthetic features of the fiction written by the Belgian francophone writer Jean-Pierre Verheggen. We will try to establish identity relations between the place of writing, the language and the literary context and trend of this fiction

Afrique - Espagne - Afrique. Quand lAfrique sécrit en espagnol : à propos de literaturas hispanoafricanas: realidades y contextos (2015), Inmaculada Díaz Narbona (Ed.), Madrid, Verbum, 384 pp.

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