655.6 The indigenous movement in Brazil and the processes of collective action

Saturday, August 4, 2012: 12:00 AM
Faculty of Economics, TBA
Distributed Paper
Eneida ASSIS , Antropologia, Universidade Federal do Pará/UFPA, Belém, Brazil

THE INDIGENOUS MOVEMENT IN BRAZIL AND THE PROCESSES OF COLLECTIVE ACTION

The Indigenous movement is included in all social movements made up of individuals and groups who are associated in the defense of its interests in the routing of its shares in favor of social policies and public. This association may be local, national and transnational levels depending on the expansion of the network of relationships that build the movement like the other social movements. Since 1970, the indigenous movement revealed the indigenous peoples for Civil Society, built forms of collective action in pursuit of overcoming their difficulties.

Key-Words: indigenous movement; collective action and indigenous; indigenous participation