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FPIC and Indigenous Consultation Protocols in Brazil: Comparative Trajectoriesby FRANÇOISE MONTAMBEAULT, PRISCYLLA JOCA ,
28/7/2020This article aims to document the phenomenon of Indigenous consultation protocols in Brazil by comparing two cases, the Juruna and the Munduruku protocols. This paper also intends to trace the emergence and uses of these protocols by the actors in place, in order to emphasize not only their legal but also political scope. The following comparison brings to light that, even though there are widespread advances and challenges regarding the Indigenous consultation protocols in Brazil and being the protocols theoretically similar, in fact, there is a significant variation in the trajectories of emergence and implementation of those protocols. In conclusion, the proposed comparison shows that a contextual and situated analysis that focuses on the strategies and practices of the actors may be more fruitful in order to understand, in practice, how the mechanisms of appropriation of the norm of FPIC and its implementation operate.
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Brazil and Colombia : the action of anti-feminist political mechanismsby DANIELLE COENGA-OLIVEIRA,
1/3/2020Antifeminisms are a counter-movement of action and thought that are opposed to feminisms [1]. They aim to distort concepts and theories, to delegitimize feminist movements and their demands and seek to block progress towards the full autonomy and freedom of the women [2]. If in the European and North American academic context, specifically the Quebec one, discussions on anti-feminisms are already common, the analysis of this phenomenon in Latin America has been neglected in favour of other concepts. However, it seems to us that the concept of anti-feminism can bring new avenues of reflection to this region. Based on our experience as researchers in Brazil and Colombia, we therefore decide to focus on the analysis of discourses about the supposed
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Espace public, recomposition des gauches et syndicalisme. Éléments de comparaison Argentine - Brésil.by THOMAS COLLOMBAT,
6/12/2019Espace public, recomposition des gauches et syndicalisme. Éléments de comparaison Argentine - Brésil. Les espaces publics, la démocratie et les gauches en Amérique latine, 2019
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The Brazilian women's movement and the state under the PT national governmentsby CHARMAIN LEVY,
20/7/2019Certain segments of the Brazilian Women s Movement (BWM) developed important strategic partnerships with the state under the PT federal government. This article demonstrates how these partnerships had both inclusionary and exclusionary effects on gender centric policy outcomes. Using a mix method approach which includes extensive in-depth interviews with BMW activists and archival data from governmental sources, the Brazilian experience illustrates that entering the state headed by a women ally president facilitates funnelling some of the women’s movement’s demands into the state. However, hierarchies within the movement itself, the congressional strength of the head of executive and the activism of some of its socially conservative legislative allies can severely temper that effect.
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One year after her death, Marielle is still presentby DANIELLE COENGA-OLIVEIRA,
14/3/2019In 2018, the world knew about the story of Marielle Franco, the Brazilian city councillor brutally murdered in Rio de Janeiro. On March 14, the car in which Marielle was travelling received 14 shots, killing the councillor (with four bullets in the head) and Anderson Gomes, who was driving the car. Investigations to date indicate that the projectiles with which Marielle and Anderson were shot were purchased by the Brazilian Federal Police.
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“It Was Once a Radical Democratic Proposal”: Theories of Gradual Institutional Change in Brazilian Participatory Budgetingby FRANÇOISE MONTAMBEAULT,
17/12/2018Because of its early positive assessments, participatory budgeting (PB) has been and continues to be praised by several policymakers, and the Brazilian model has become an institutional blueprint around the world. No one questions the way the model has evolved in Brazilian municipalities with a long tradition of PB, but it was institutionalized there through practice and not through state legislation. It is thus highly permeable to political will and evolving ideas.
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Politiques de sécurité et unités de police pacificatrice à Rio de Janeiro: Pratiques et représentations chez les policiers militaires de Mangueiraby ANNABELLE DIAS FELIX,
31/10/2018Since the early 2000s, public security has been a recurrent issue for the city of Rio de Janeiro. However, within the context of mega-events in the city, Rio further accelerated its public security policy reform process. In 2008, the State of Rio de Janeiro’s Governor, Sergio Filho Cabral, decided to establish a «pacification» policy in the city.
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Hall of Mirrors: Media, Democratization, and the Public Sphere in Maranhão, Brazilby JULIÁN DURAZO-HERRMANN,
6/2/2018Freedom of expression and access to diverse sources of information are seen as critical elements of democracy, although their concretization on the ground is subject to strong interference. Recent regime change in Maranhão, one of Brazil’s poorest states, has led to the emergence of new media and some expansion of the public sphere.
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Uma Constituição cidadã? Sucessos e limites da institucionalização de um sistema de participação cidadã no Brasil democráticoby FRANÇOISE MONTAMBEAULT,
1/1/2018A adoção da Constituição democrática de 1988 foi marcada pela vontade de romper com o período autoritário e de incluir a participação ampla dos cidadãos brasileiros nos processos decisórios locais, estaduais e nacionais. Após 30 anos a linguagem da inclusão dos cidadãos e da Constituição cidadã foi retomada pelos políticos de todos os níveis de governos para marcar a ambição democrática e inclusive de suas ambições particulares.
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Cartography of disputes in the public arena of electoral corruption in Brazilby RUBENS LIMA MORAES,
1/12/2017This article explores the debate in the public arena of electoral corruption in Brazil, from a pragmatic sociology perspective, to map and unfold its main disputes.
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Judith Butler the instrumentalization of religious discourse and the violence of a conservative societyby DANIELLE COENGA-OLIVEIRA,
1/12/2017Discussion on feminist philosopher Judith Butler s trip to Brazil in a conservative context
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Civil society organizations and social innovation. How and to what extent are they influencing social and political change?by RUBENS LIMA MORAES,
1/8/2017This study aims to understand how civil society organizations (CSOs) perform and influence public arenas.
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Civil society and social innovation in the public sphere: a pragmatic perspectiveby RUBENS LIMA MORAES,
1/5/2017This article proposes a new theoretical approach for the study of social innovation processes promoted by civil society actors in the public sphere, based on French pragmatic sociology.
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Civil Society and Social Innovation in Public Arenas in Brazil: Trajectory and Experience of the Movement Against Electoral Corruption (MCCE)by RUBENS LIMA MORAES,
1/4/2017In recent decades, the Brazilian Movement Against Electoral Corruption (MCCE) has been promoting social innovation in the public sphere, which led to mobilization towards the creation of two popular initiatives in Brazil
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Desapropriações, Resistências e o Megaevento da Copa do Mundo: tempo, poder e projetos de desenvolvimentoby ALICE MOURA,
1/10/2014Dando ênfase à especificidade de megaeventos, em contraste com outros projetos e polos de desenvolvimento, este trabalho analisa impactos da Copa do Mundo de Futebol de 2014, na Região Metropolitana do Recife, Pernambuco.
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Accountability, social control and co-production of public goods: the action of twenty Brazilian social observatories aimed at citizenship and fiscal educationby RUBENS LIMA MORAES,
1/5/2012Amidst the political and institutional maturing of Brazilian democracy, one of the ways in which society takes part in public administration affairs is through involvement in social observatories.
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Social observatories as promoters of social control and accountability: reflections on the Itajaí social observatory experienceby RUBENS LIMA MORAES,
1/9/2010This article discusses the potentialities and limitations of social observatories that focus on citizenship audit in promoting social control and accountability, starting with the experience of the Itajaí Social Observatory
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