14:11 Apr 18, 2005 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Law/Patents - Agriculture / ethics | |||||
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3 | Boss system |
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boss system Boss system Explanation: Please provide more context. Boss may be a brandname of stereo systems and/ or speakers that I know of. However, I don't see what that would have to do with agriculture. Again: more context please! |
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boss system possibility Explanation: The middle class was not yet active in political life. The patron-client political machines of the countryside enabled the coffee oligarchs to dominate state structures to their advantage, particularly the weak central state structures that effectively devolved power to local agrarian oligarchies. Known as coronelismo, this was a classic boss system under which the control of patronage was centralized in the hands of a locally dominant oligarch known as a coronel, who would dispense favors in return for loyalty. For details, see the main article coronelismo. http://www.answers.com/topic/history-of-brazil-1889-1930 As practiced in Florida, it is a vicious system that absolves the growers of any responsibility for the plight of their field hands. Bush's legislation would merely increase from $1,000 to $2,500 the maximum penalty levied against abusers. As far as I am concerned, the crew boss system is immoral primarily because it practices intentional cruelty. http://www.floridafarmers.org/news/articles/who.htm The conditions under which the grain scoopers worked at the turn of the century were characterized by irregularity of employment, low wages, and the saloon-boss system. http://www.buffalohistoryworks.com/grain/scoopers/scoopers.h... coronelismo Derives from the honorary title of colonel (coronel; pl., coroneis) in the National Guard that was customarily conferred on a locally dominant political boss, usually a substantial landowner or local justice of the peace. The term eventually became applied to local strongmen or political bosses, especially in rural areas and particularly in poorer Northeastern states. Coronelismo thus was a classic boss system under which control of patronage and minor funds was centralized in the coronel, who would dispense favors in return for political loyalty. http://www.photius.com/countries/brazil/glossary/ |
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