The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest Global

Barbosa (sociology, San Francisco State University) provides a global, world-systemic analysis of the problem of deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. He shows how changes in global ecopolitics demanding sustainable development, coupled with the onset of democracy in Brazil, substantially altered the battle over the future of Amazonia. He describes deforestation in the region in the context of an expanding frontier of global capitalism, and compares Amazon experiences with those of Costa Rica, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

1

(26)

Historical Links: Amazonia Before the Mid-1980's

27

(18)

From Ranches to Pyramids: The Changing Nature of Projects in Amazonia

45

(20)

Changes in Global Ecopolitics

65

(18)

From Environmental Imperialism to Neo-Liberalism

83

(16)

The People of the Forest Against International Capitalism

99

(38)

Comparisons With Costa Rica, Malaysia, and Indonesia

137

(34)

Bibliography

171

(19)

Index

190

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The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest Global Ecopolitics, Development, and Democracy

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