A Military-Green Biopolitics: The Brazilian Amazon Between Security and Development

Since the 1960s, the Brazilian defense policy toward the Amazon has been oriented by the security/development binomen. This was simultaneously a directive for the Brazilian authoritarian regime and for US defense doctrine for the Americas. We argue in this paper that despite the structural influence...

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Main Authors: Thiago Rodrigues, Mariana Kalil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Political Science Association 2021-05-01
Series:Brazilian Political Science Review
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Online Access:https://brazilianpoliticalsciencereview.org/article/a-military-green-biopolitics-the-brazilian-amazon-between-security-and-development/