Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:12:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2008 - Olavo Brandao Carneiro.pdf: 4181517 bytes, checksum: 34ef3ce143d28a1fa82399b93325e4cd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-12-19 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / The purpose of this paper is to gain further understanding of the ways and mechanisms of social and political association that relate to dominant classes and groups in Brazil s countryside by looking at the strains, conflicts, and categories of the identities present at the gathering "Tratora?o - O Alerta do Campo". Organized by the Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA) in June 2005. The Tratora?o mobilized large grain (soybean, corn and rice) and cotton farmers, especially in the Midwest and South areas of the country. Their main claim was to "renegotiate" agricultural debts, but they also demanded issues related to agripolitics, foreign trade and more room in State proceedings. A participative observation in the gathering together with the news broadcasted by CAN s Website comprised the main sources of our investigation, supplemented by interviews with rural and agro-industry business leaders and spokespeople, and surveys in the commercial media. The analysis allowed us to identify the street gathering as a recurrent political action of large rural entrepreneurs and large land owners, which expresses conflicts, strains, coalitions and intraclass and interclass agreements. It also allowed for the observation of how Brazil s rural patronage interests are built and represented as part of a class development process in which local bases manifestations, meetings of leaders from representative entities, and the initiatives of rural congressmen articulate progressively toward approaching the State. / Este trabalho procura melhor compreender as formas e mecanismos de organiza??o social e pol?tica das classes e grupos dominantes no campo brasileiro, a partir da observa??o das tens?es, conflitos, e ordena??es de identidades presentes na manifesta??o Tratora?o - O Alerta do Campo . Organizado pela Confedera??o Nacional da Agricultura e Pecu?ria do Brasil (CNA) em junho de 2005, o Tratora?o mobilizou agricultores de gr?os (soja, milho e arroz) e algod?o, especialmente das regi?es Centro-Oeste e Sul do pa?s. Sua principal reivindica??o foi a renegocia??o de d?vidas agr?colas, mas tamb?m demandavam quest?es relativas a pol?ticas agr?colas, com?rcio exterior e mais espa?o nas inst?ncias de Estado. A observa??o participante da mobiliza??o e as not?cias veiculadas pelo site da CNA constitu?ram as principais fontes da nossa investiga??o, complementadas por entrevistas com lideran?as e porta-vozes patronais rurais e agroindustriais e levantamentos na m?dia comercial. Nossa reflex?o permitiu identificar a manifesta??o de rua como uma a??o pol?tica recorrente dos empres?rios rurais e grandes propriet?rios de terra, construtora e express?o de conflitos, tens?es, alian?as e acordos intraclasse e entre classes sociais. O estudo permitiu a observa??o da constru??o e representa??o de interesses do patronato rural brasileiro como parte de um fazer-se classe, processo no qual manifesta??es locais das bases, reuni?es de dirigentes de entidades de representa??o, e iniciativas dos parlamentares ruralistas se articulam progressivamente para interpelar o Estado.