State paternalism, welfare and social control in the construction of Volta Redonda
This article analyzes the construction of the steel town of Volta Redonda, Brazil, as a state paternalist project. The steel mill and its company town, built in the early 1940s during the Estado Novo government of President Getúlio Vargas, were intended to set a new standard for the country’s econom...
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Language: | English |
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Universidad Nacional de Rosario
2013-10-01
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Series: | Avances del Cesor |
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Online Access: | http://web2.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/ojs/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/445 |