Modernization and Political Actions in the Brazilian Amazon The City of Barcarena, Pará /

• Main Author: Nahum, João Santos (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies,
• Subjects: Geography.; Latin America > Politics and government.; Environmental geography.; Sustainable development.; Natural resources.; Human geography.; Cultural Geography.; Environmental Geography.; Natural Resources.; Human Geography.; Sustainable Development.; Latin American Politics.

This book offers an analysis of the territory of Barcarena, in the Brazilian Amazon. The author studies the land use and the implemented modernization policies that made it one of the richest cities of the state. The political system uses this territory as a resource to provide for the needs of a sm...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: The Modern Territorial Restructuring
• Chapter 2: The Use of the Territory as a Resource to the Barcarena Elite
• Chapter 3: The Government of Laurival Magno Cunha and the Implementation of the Fiscal Responsibility Law
• Chapter 4: Conclusion.