The Regulators of Citizenship: The Labor Law Establishment and Domestic Workers in Brazil, 1922-1972

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Abstract: This thesis presents a history of domestic worker rights in Brazil between 1922 and 1972. Between 1922 and 1937, activists almost secured protections for household workers along with other urban laborers. Between 1937 and 1960, the Labor Ministry bureaucracy made a technocratic decision to exclude them from labor laws and Social Security. Between 1960 and 1972, a combination of activism and technocratic goodwill secures household workers with their first set of enforceable rights. Beyond household work, the thesis describes the inner workings of the Brazilian Labor Ministry bureaucracy during the mid-twentieth century.

Author	Ferreira, Daniel T.

Subject	Brazil
Subject	Household employees
Subject	Household employees > Labor unions
Subject	Household employees > Legal status, laws, etc.
Subject	Household employees > Religious life
Subject	Household employees > Social conditions
Subject	Women household employees
Subject	History
Subject	Labor laws and legislation
Subject	Labor laws and legislation, International
Subject	Bureaucracy > Decision making
Subject	Vargas, Getúlio, 1883-1954
Subject	Brazil. Ministério do Trabalho e Previdência Social
Subject	Brazil. Ministério do Trabalho, Indústria e Comércio
Subject	Instituto Nacional de Previdência Social
Genre	Text
Genre	Thesis

DOI	https://doi.org/10.25740/sc643fk1040
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/sc643fk1040

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Preferred citation: Ferreira, D. (2022). The Regulators of Citizenship: The Labor Law Establishment and Domestic Workers in Brazil, 1922-1972. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/sc643fk1040

Undergraduate Honors Theses, Department of History, Stanford University

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