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Gramsci’s relevance in the study of entrepreneurs and rural landowners’ representative organizations during Brazilian redemocratization (1986-1991)

Posted on January 29, 2025December 26, 2024 by CASAS

Afonso Henrique de M. Fernandes, CASAS’ member, has published this article in Portuguese in the journal Revista Interdisciplinaria de Estudios Agrarios. Abstract: The present work aims to discuss and present how Antonio Gramsci’s concept of extended State contributed as a theoretical and methodological tool for studying organizations of businessmen and rural landowners between 1986 and…

At Crossroads? Covid-19, State and The Peasantry: The Zimbabwean Case

Posted on October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 by George Mudimu

On 30 March 2020 Zimbabwe, a country of 14.3 million people, the government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by imposing a mandatory lockdown for 21 days. This mandatory lockdown movement was only restricted to essential service providers; health care, security services and agriculture were designated as part of the essential services. Two days later the…