01675naa a2200169 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000160006024501230007626000090019952010580020865300350126665300270130165300440132865300320137277301010140419042982012-10-18       2010    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aNAVARRO, Z.  aA half-century of transformations in the brazilian rural scenario and the governamental action.h[electronic resource]  c2010  aThe purpose of this article is to associate the history of land in contemporary Brazil to government action, especially in relation to the most recent challenges when implementing its policies. The interpretation of Brazilian agrarian history is presented addressing the last fifty years, which is divided in five phases of ever-growing complexity. The first section highlights the crucial role of the modernization drive of the 1970s, a historical period when a new form of sociability became ingrained. Thereafter, the article presents some of the most notable changes in recent years, and calls attention to economic and productive aspects, although equally stressing the growing politicization of current debates about the future of rural Brazil. The last section summarizes some of the challengesconsidered urgent, which are confronting Brazilian agriculture in these times. In the conclusion, the article argues the need to discuss and implement a consistent strategy for rural development in Brazil, a overnment action which still does not exist.  aBrazilian agrarian development  aCapitalist sociability  aContemporary Brazilian agrarian history  aRural governance challenges  tIn: Revista de Política Agrícola, Brasília, ano 19, p. 105-115, jul. 2010. Edição especial.