Winnerofthe2020ASASociologyofDevelopmentBookAwardWinnerofthe2020APSAMichaelHarringtonBookAwardWinnerofthe2020ComparativeandInternationalEducationSocietyGlobalizationandEducationBookAwardWinnerofthe2020LatinAmericanStudiesAssociationBrazilSectionBestBookPrizeintheSocialSciencesWinnerof2019RobertReisBestBookAwardOverthepastthirty-fiveyearstheBrazilianLandlessWorkersMovement(MST),oneofthelargestsocialmovementsinLatinAmerica,hasbecomefamousforitssuccessinoccupyingland,winninglandrights,anddevelopingalternativeeconomicenterprisesforoveramillionlandlessworkers.InOccupyingSchools,OccupyingLand,RebeccaTarlauexploreshowMSTactivistshavepressuredmunicipalities,states,andthefederalgovernmenttoimplementtheireducationalprograminpublicschoolsanduniversities.Drawingontwentymonthsofethnographicfieldwork,TarlaudocumentshowtheMSToperatesindifferentregions.Shearguesthatactivistsaremosteffectiveusingcontentiousco-governance,combiningdisruptionandpublicprotestwithinstitutionalpressuretodefendandfurthertheirgoals.Throughanexaminationofthepotentials,constraints,failures,andcontradictionsoftheMST’seducationalstruggle,thisbookoffersinsightsintotherelationshipbetweeneducationandsocialchange,socialmovementsandstates,andthebarriersandpossibilitiesforsimilarreformsindemocraticcontextsthroughouttheworld.
