UM TIPO SINGULAR DE DESEMPREGO MASSIVO E EPISÓDICO: O CASO DOS FLAGELADOS DAS SECAS NO SEMI-ÁRIDO NORDESTINO

Authors

  • Renato Duarte

Abstract

This paper deals wirh a problem rarely noriced by rhose who srudy Brazil's labor markcr, namely rhe phenomenon of massive and abrupr unemployment caused by the droughts which periodicallycastigare rhe Northeasr's serni-arid zone. This tcxt shows how the drought turns itself intopublic calarniry, almosr insranraneously, by causing desrrucrion ofharvests, dizirnarion oflivesrocks,shortage of drinking water and, consequendy, lack ofjobs for millions of workers. In arderto hamper rhe rransforrnarion of rhar problem into a social carasrrophe, governments, speciallyrhe federal administration, have, along rhe past 100 years, made use of emergency policies for rherelief of rhe flagelados (bearen people) of rhe droughts. This arricle reveals, by use of datacollecred in a field research, rhe social dimension of rhc lasr drought, rhar rook place in rhe period1998-1999, revealing also some factors which have secularly driven millions of inhabiranrs of rheNorrheast's hinterland inro a situation of indigency when a severe ghr occurs.

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Duarte, R. (2013). UM TIPO SINGULAR DE DESEMPREGO MASSIVO E EPISÓDICO: O CASO DOS FLAGELADOS DAS SECAS NO SEMI-ÁRIDO NORDESTINO. Revista Da ABET, 2(1). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/abet/article/view/15445