Competitive Institution Building: The PT and Participatory Budgeting in Rio Grande do Sul

2006 ◽  
Vol 48 (03) ◽  
pp. 1-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Goldfrank ◽  
Aaron Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
The Political ◽  
Institution Building ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Participatory Budgeting ◽  
Budget Institutions ◽  
Institutional Choices

Abstract In the late 1990s, the Workers' Party (PT) government of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul introduced participatory budgeting, a process in which citizens establish annual investment priorities in public assemblies. This innovation was one of several attempts by incumbent parties to structure political conflict using budget institutions. The character of participatory budgeting is most evident in its policymaking processes and policy outcomes. The process circumvented legislative arenas where opponents held a majority, privileged participation by the PT's voter base, and reached into opposition strongholds. The outcomes favored the interests of potential supporters among poor and middle-class voters. The political project proved vulnerable to its own raised expectations: it failed to sustain the image of clean government; brought tax increases along with fiscal insecurity; and left unfulfilled the participants' expectations for targeted investments. This article highlights the role of participatory budgeting, indeed all budgeting, in partisan actors' institutional choices.

scholarly journals Deutsche Schule urbana - Collegio Allemão de Pelotas na rota da Verein Für das Deutschtum im Ausland (V.D.A.), 1921-1925, 1933 / Urban Deutsche Schule – German College of Pelotas on the Verein Für das Deutschtum im Ausland (V.D.A.) Route, 1921-1925, 1933

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Maria Angela Peter da Fonseca ◽  
Elomar Antonio Callegaro Tambara
Keyword(s):  
School Culture ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
The South ◽  
Educational Project ◽  
Cultura Escolar ◽  
Didactic Material ◽  
German College

Neste artigo enfoca-se o papel dos visitantes que chegavam à Deutsche Schule urbana, Collegio Allemão de Pelotas, no sul do Rio Grande do Sul, provenientes da Verein für das Deutschtum im Ausland (V.D.A.), (Sociedade de Apoio ao Deutschtum no Exterior), em 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925 e 1933, situada em Hamburgo e Berlim, na Alemanha. O objetivo desses visitantes era inspecionar o projeto educacional alemão e a manutenção do Deutschtum, que mesclava elementos do nacionalismo alemão, vigente, à cultura escolar deste educandário em tempos de Nacionalização do Ensino no Brasil. Consequência dessas visitas era o envio de livros, material didático e professores alemães, bem como a troca de correspondência entre os alunos do educandário de Pelotas e alunos alemães. Trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa, bibliográfica e documental cujas fontes principais são os Relatórios Escolares da Deutsche Schule de Pelotas dos anos 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925 e 1933.* * *This paper focuses on the role of visitors arriving at the urban Deutsche Schule, German College of Pelotas, in the south of Rio Grande do Sul from the Verein für das Deutschtum im Ausland (VDA), a Society for Supporting Deutschtum Abroad, in 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1933, located in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany. The purpose of these visitors was to inspect the German educational project and the maintenance of the Deutschtum, which merged elements of German nationalism, in force, into the school culture of this educandário in times of Nationalization of Teaching in Brazil. The consequence of these visits was the sending of books, didactic material and German teachers, as well as the exchange of correspondence between the students of the educator of Pelotas and German students. It is a qualitative, bibliographical and documentary research whose main sources are the School Reports of the Deutsche Schule of Pelotas of years 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1933.

scholarly journals La batalla por la democracia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
ERNESTO GANUZA ◽  
Heloise Nez ◽  
Ernesto Morales
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
The Political ◽  
Participatory Budgeting ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Local Participation ◽  
Urban Social Movements ◽  
Political Subject ◽  
Set Up

The emergence of new participatory mechanisms, such as participatory budgeting, in towns and cities in recent years, has given rise to a conflict between the old protagonists of local participation and the new citizens invited to participate. These mechanisms offer a logic of collective action different to what has been the usual fare in the cities – one that is based on proposal rather than demand. As a result, it requires urban social movements to transform their own dynamics in order to make room for a new political subject (the citizenry and the non-organised participant) and to act upon a stage where deliberative dynamics now apply. The present article aims to analyse this conflict in three different cities that set up participatory budgeting at different times: Porto Alegre, Cordova and Paris. The associations in the three cities took up a position against the new participatory mechanism and demanded a bigger role in the political arena. Through a piece of ethnographic research, we shall see that the responses of the agents involved (politicians, associations and citizens) in the three cities share some arguments, although the conflict was resolved differently in each of them. The article concludes with reflections on the consequences this conflict could have for contemporary political theory, especially with respect to the role of associations in the processes of democratisation and the setting forth of a new way of doing politics by means of deliberative procedures.

scholarly journals A IMIGRAÇÃO COMO UMA POLÍTICA DE DEFESA NACIONAL: É POSSÍVEL? O CASO DA IMIGRAÇÃO ESPANHOLA PARA A OCUPAÇÃO DA FRONTEIRA SUL DO BRASIL / Immigration as a National Defence Policy: is it Possible? The Case of the Spanish Immigration to the Occupation of Brazilian Southern Borderland

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 315
Author(s):  
Roberto Rodolfo Georg Uebel ◽  
Rita Inês Paetzhold Pauli
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
The Political ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Defence Policy ◽  
European Immigrants ◽  
Colonization Process ◽  
Southern Border ◽  
National Defence

O processo colonial do Brasil trouxe muitas questões sobre a ocupação do seu espaço territorial por colonos e imigrantes como uma forma de apropriação das territorialidades fronteiriças do país visando à conservação e defesa do jovem Estado. Todavia, o povoamento específico do estado do Rio Grande do Sul por imigrantes europeus observou um caráter não só econômico, mas também estratégico, de defesa das fronteiras. Nesse sentido, o presente trabalho aborda o caso da imigração espanhola para a fronteira sul do Brasil com o Uruguai e Argentina e também, por meio do Acordo de Migração entre Brasil e Espanha, as especificidades e pontualidades que essa distinta imigração trouxe à luz de uma possível e subjetiva política de defesa nacional, em prol do estabelecimento e consolidação das fronteiras brasileiras no território do Rio Grande do Sul. Este estudo é resultado de pesquisas documentais e in loco acerca da imigração espanhola e seus aportes econômicos, sociolaborais e territoriais no Rio Grande do Sul durante o século XX, que dentre suas potencialidades verificou a possibilidade político-militar de defesa nacional por meio de um acordo de migração, fato inédito até então na historiografia do país.ABSTRACTThe colonization process of Brazil brought many questions about the occupation of its territorial space by settlers and immigrants as a way of appropriation of the border territorialities of the country aiming at the conservation and protection of the young State. However, the specific settlement of the state of Rio Grande do Sul by European immigrants noticed not only an economic, but also a strategic, of borderlands defence features. In this sense, the present work deals with the case of Spanish immigration to the southern border of Brazil with Uruguay and Argentina and also, through the Migration Agreement between Brazil and Spain, the specificities of this distinct immigration that brought to light a possible and subjective policy of national defence, towards the establishment and consolidation of Brazilian borders on the territory of Rio Grande do Sul. This study is result of documentary and literature review researches about the Spanish immigration and its economic, socio-occupational and territorial contributions in Rio Grande do Sul during the twentieth century, which, among its potentialities verified the political and military possibility of national defence through an immigration agreement, an unprecedented fact until then in the country's historiography.Keywords: Immigration, Spaniards, Brazil, Border, Defence.

scholarly journals The role of viscosity in the emplacement of high-temperature acidic flows of Serra Geral Formation in Torres Syncline (Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil)

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 669-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matheus Silva Simões ◽  
Lucas de Magalhães May Rossetti ◽  
Evandro Fernandes de Lima ◽  
Bruno Pinto Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul

Brazil and the Paraguayan War: Conflicts and Interests

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Doratioto
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
The Political ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
Political Interference ◽  
Paraguayan War

In 1863 and 1864, historical and political contradictions in the River Plate region led to civil war in Uruguay, creating tensions with neighboring nations in the region. The Brazilian government intervened both politically and militarily in Uruguay to address the interests of ranchers in its province of Rio Grande do Sul, to distract the attention of the Brazilian citizens from domestic problems, and to preserve the political influence of the Empire of Brazil on Uruguay. This action by the Empire clashed with the new Paraguayan policy of political interference in the River Plate region and resulted in the declaration of war against Brazil by Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López. This conflict broadened into the Paraguayan War.

O conhecimento dos médicos sobre a atuação fonoaudiológica pré e pós-operatória de gastroplastia em um município do Rio Grande do Sul

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-55
Author(s):  
Camila Couto Machado ◽  
Carla Ciceri Cesa ◽  
Andréa Cavalcante dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul

Knowledge and awareness among physicians of the role of phonoaudiology in pre and post-operative gastroplasty in a city of Rio Grande do Sul

“It Was Once a Radical Democratic Proposal”: Theories of Gradual Institutional Change in Brazilian Participatory Budgeting

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Françoise Montambeault
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Change ◽  
Political Rhetoric ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
The Political ◽  
Participatory Budgeting ◽  
Political Will ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
The World ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
Over Time

AbstractBecause 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. Looking at the case of Belo Horizonte, where it was implemented in 1993, this study argues that while the political rhetoric of PB has remained central to political discourse over time, a significant but gradual policy change has occurred in practice. This change has important implications: not only does it have an impact on the policy outcomes of PB, but it also contributes to delegitimating the process for its participants, abetting its gradual deinstitutionalization.

scholarly journals Interaction between incarcerated adolescents and their grandparents in the processes of living and ageing

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helenice de Moura Scortegagna ◽  
Roger Egídio Brum Nunes ◽  
Nadir Antonio Pichler ◽  
Marilene Rodrigues Portella
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Detention Center ◽  
Family Separation ◽  
Family Culture ◽  
Reference Space ◽  
Potential Part ◽  
Incarcerated Adolescents

Abstract Objective: To describe the interactions between incarcerated adolescents and their grandparents during the processes of living and ageing. Method: An exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study was carried out, based on a semi-structured interview with 11 adolescents aged from 17 to 20 incarcerated in a youth detention center in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The discourse of the adolescents was analyzed based on content themes. Results: Categories that were both intertwined and complete among themselves were constructed: a) grandparents as affective support for incarcerated adolescents and b) relationships of reciprocity and healthy coexistence between the adolescents and their grandparents. Conclusion: The results showed that despite relational conflicts, the participants perceived the role of their grandparents in their lives as beneficial, as they offer a familial reference space, providing shelter and affection against the anxieties of the adolescents and those related to their families. This form of coexistence was a potential part of the development of young people in conflict with the law, and a favorable environment of mutual exchanges and learning, and as figures continuing the transgenerational family culture. Family separation was mentioned as a recurring and underreported process in the lives of adolescents and their grandparents.

scholarly journals Phillocaulis variegatus: an intermediate host of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in south Brazil

1989 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Graeff Teixeira ◽  
J. W. Thomé ◽  
S. C. C. Pinto ◽  
L. Camillo-Coura ◽  
H. L. Lenzi
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
The State ◽  
Arterial System ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
South Brazil

Molluscs collected in five localities in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) were digested and examined. The infected slugs were identified as Phyllocaulis variegatus and the larvae found were inoculated per os into mice. After 50 days, worms with the caracteristics of Angiostrongylus costaricensis were recovered from the mesenteric arterial system. The results establish the role of P. variegatus as intermediate host of A. costaricensis in south Brazil, where many cases of abdominla angiostrongyliasis have been diagnosed.

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