When Social Movement Proposals Become Policy: Experiments in Sustainable Development in the Brazilian Amazon

2009 ◽  
pp. 196-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Allegretti ◽  
Marianne Schmink
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Policy Experiments

Governing the Rainforest

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eve Z. Bratman
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Hydroelectric Dam ◽  
History Of ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Extractive Reserves ◽  
Road Paving

Sustainable development is among the foremost ideas that guide societal aspirations around the world. This book interrogates the concept through a critical lens, examining both its history and the trajectory of its manifestations in the Brazilian Amazon. The book argues that sustainable development is a concept that is better understood as involving embroilments and ongoing processes of contestation rather than a single end goal. The research offers historical analysis of Amazonian development from the colonial era into the discourse and praxis of sustainable development in contemporary times, and then illustrates the tensions of sustainable development plans that are experienced by people living in the areas geographically the closest to where those plans are being implemented. The history of the Brazilian Amazon is introduced to readers through focused discussions on the tensions between making grand plans for the region and the everyday practices and experiences of sustainable development, which involve considerably more muddling. Case studies explore agrarian reform initiatives that occur alongside road paving projects, the creation of extractive reserves and conservation areas that follow in the wake of assassinations, and the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam. While Amazonian sustainable development is a widely-accepted imperative, the research presented here shows how land use and infrastructure plans conducted in the name of sustainable development often perpetuate and reinforce economic and political inequalities.

scholarly journals Analyzing the economic impact of sustainable development programs in the Brazilian Amazon

2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-321
Author(s):  
DREW NELSON
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Economic Impact Analysis ◽  
Economic Development Model ◽  
Local Sustainable Development

ABSTRACT Over the last forty years, the Brazilian Amazon has been the object of many development and industrialization programs. The vast majority of those programs have been “mega-projects” implemented by the Brazilian federal government. Recently, several states have implemented their own style of economic development programs in the Amazon. These smaller scale “local” sustainable development programs offer policy makers an alternative to the “mega-projects”. This paper seeks to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each economic development model. Additionally, this paper provides an economic impact analysis of one “local” sustainable development project, Projeto Castanha-do-Brasil.

Toward the Worker State, or Working for the State? Reorganization of Political Antagonisms in the Brazilian Amazon

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Baletti
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Dominant Logic ◽  
Extractive Reserve ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
The Creation

The institutionalization of the Brazilian Workers’ Party has given rise to new tensions among emerging political actors, historic social movement mediator organizations, and the state. An analysis of the differences in strategies and practices between the Movement in Defense of Renascer and the Prainha Rural Worker’s Movement that emerged during the creation of the Renascer Extractive Reserve in the Lower Amazon highlights the fact that the movement’s emancipatory impulses indicate a break with the politics-as-usual of the union and the Workers’ Party more broadly. An examination of union political discourses and practices that seek to fold these emancipatory impulses back into the dominant logic indicates that the union continues to perform the work of the state—albeit a reconstituted one—both institutionally and effectively. A institucionalização do Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) no Brasil tem criado novas tensões entre atores políticos emergentes, organizações mediadoras dos movimentos sociais históricos e o Estado. Uma análise das diferenças entre o Movimento em Defesa do Renascer e o Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais da Prainha, na Baixa Amazônia, enfatiza o fato de que os impulsos emancipatórios do movimento indicam um rompimento com os hábitos políticos de sindicatos e do Partido dos Trabalhadores de um modo geral. Um exame dos discursos políticos sindicais e das práticas que buscam a contenção desses impulsos emancipatórios, e tentam restaurá-los à lógica dominante, indica que o sindicato continua a desempenhar o trabalho do Estado—mesmo que reconstituído—tanto institucionalmente quanto efetivamente.

scholarly journals DA TEOLOGIA DA LIBERTAÇÃO AO DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL NA AMAZÔNIA BRASILEIRA:OS MECANISMOS POLÍTICOS E SOCIAIS DE SUA INTERPRETAÇÃO (from liberation theology to sustainable development in the Brazilian Amazon...)

REVISTA NERA ◽  
2012 ◽  
pp. 59-72
Author(s):  
Neli Aparecida de Mello-Théry ◽  
Veronique Van Tilbeurgh
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Brazilian Amazon

Neste artigo pretende-se mostrar a transformação do ideário de desenvolvimento sustentável expresso pelos atores que, à sua maneira, se reapropriaram do mesmo, à escala local. Resultado de uma pesquisa multidisciplinar, o mesmo se fundamenta na análise e avaliação de uma experiência de desenvolvimento sustentável no estado do Pará, destacando os mecanismos de adaptação desta noção pelos atores locais.

scholarly journals Governança no desenvolvimento sustentável na Amazônia: arquiteturas institucionais e cadeias de sociobiodiversidade ## Governance for sustainable development in the Amazon: institutional architectures and socio-biodiversity chains

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fausto Makishi ◽  
João Paulo Candia Veiga ◽  
Murilo Alves Zacareli ◽  
Vivian Lara Dos Santos Silva ◽  
Holmer Savastano Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Transaction Costs ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public Policy Implementation ◽  
Environmental Development ◽  
Institutional Architecture ◽  
Local Incentives

ResumoO trabalho, apresentado na forma de ensaio, discute a governança em políticas públicas de desenvolvimento sustentável na Amazônia com foco nas cadeias da sociobiodiversidade. O conceito de arquitetura institucional é utilizado para descrever um arcabouço de incentivos (públicos e privados) capazes de fomentar iniciativas efetivamente rentáveis, de impacto social e ambientalmente adequados no contexto rural e florestal. A teoria de custos de transação ajuda a entender como o Estado participa dessas arquiteturas diminuindo riscos e fomentando investimentos coordenados em ativos específicos, oferecendo uma visão de futuro e mediando conflitos ao longo do processo de implementação das políticas públicas. O conceito de governança é utilizado dentro de uma perspectiva ampliada, relacionada à complexidade do contexto em que acontece a cooperação entre stakeholders para a produção de incentivos locais que resultem no desenvolvimento social e ambiental. O caso da Amazônia ilustra com essas arquiteturas se desenvolvem por meio de complexo tecido de relações que potencializam ganhos econômicos privados e valorização da floresta em pé. AbstractThis essay discusses governance in public policies for sustainable development in the Brazilian Amazon, with a focus on socio-biodiversity chains. The concept of institutional architecture is used to describe a framework of incentives (public and private) capable of promoting effectively profitable initiatives, with social and environmentally appropriate impact in the rural and forest context. The theory of transaction costs helps to understand how the State participates in these architectures, reducing risks and promoting coordinated investments in specific assets, offering a vision of the future, and mediating conflicts throughout the process of public policy implementation. The concept of governance is used within an expanded perspective, with complexity in the context in which cooperation between stakeholders occurs to produce local incentives that result in social and environmental development. The case of the Amazon illustrated with these architectures can be developed through a complex fabric of relationships that enhances private economic gains and values the standing forest.

scholarly journals Climate Change and Public Policies in the Brazilian Amazon State of Mato Grosso: Perceptions and Challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 5093
Author(s):  
Neli Aparecida de Mello-Théry ◽  
Eduardo de Lima Caldas ◽  
Beatriz M. Funatsu ◽  
Damien Arvor ◽  
Vincent Dubreuil
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Change Factors ◽  
Key Stakeholders

This study examines how key stakeholders in agriculture in a number of municipalities in the Brazilian Amazon state of Mato Grosso are incorporating and adapting to public policies on climate change. Fieldwork and semi-structured interviews conducted in 2014 and 2018 with key stakeholders in the region were analyzed to assess the effectiveness of public policies incorporating climate change factors. Data obtained from documents from national institutions complemented these interviews. The results show that although local government claims that its mission is economic, social and sustainable development, and although public institutions and stakeholders repeat internationally recognized protocols and agreements in their communications, in actual fact, these are not reflected by any change in institutional behavior.

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