Policies to combat poverty, justice and the "new right" in Brazil of the 21st century: around the federal administrations of Worker’s Party

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Abstract

The round table will explore, from a historical and sociological perspective, some social and institutional dynamics driven from the federal government during the Worker’s Party administrations (2003-2016). The purpose is debate the intersection between political, social and economic processes in the first two decades of the XXI century in Brazil. Our focus will be on at least three different aspects of this new Brazil has emerged after Lula and Dilma’s adminstrations: 1 – institutional shifts of Brazilian judicial system, specially the greater role of the Judiciary and the autonomy of the Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Federal Police; 2 - policies to combat poverty and its success, which paradoxically have polarized society, increasing friction and tensions between projects of future and 3 - the emergence and growth of a "new right", having in the “antipetismo” (anti-Worker’s Party activism) the more important agenda of these groups, which have found eco in important segments of the press.

Sub Track

• Political Institutions and Processes

Session Organizer

• Marjorie C Marona, UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, INCT - Instituto da Democracia e da Democratização da Comunicação

Chair

• Jorge L Ferreira, Universidade Federal Fluminense/Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Presenters

• Fabio Kerche, Casa Rui Barbosa Foundation

• Andréa Casa Nova Maia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

• Sérgio Castilho, Universidade Federal Fluminense