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O artigo procura lançar luz sobre a constituição do ator Operação Lava Jato (OLJ), investigando em que medida se pode pensar em um ator que se descola de sua instituição de origem, o Ministério Público Federal (MPF), passando a figurar como um agente político relevante. Para tal, partimos dos sentidos postos na primeira denúncia da operação contra o ex-presidente Lula e de dados quantitativos colhidos das 58 denúncias dessa operação, do núcleo de Curitiba, efetuadas entre os anos de 2014 e 2016. Inicialmente, depreendemos a constituição dos atores na petição, identificando as características de cada um. Os elementos postos na peça evidenciam a construção de dois diferentes atores, mesmo que interligados. Concluímos, por meio da análise semiótica, que essa separação ocorre por uma triagem, na qual há no MPF uma euforização dos valores de universo – compondo valores democráticos –, enquanto, na OLJ, há uma euforização dos valores de absoluto – compondo valores aristocráticos, que se caracterizou por um discurso hiperbólico e antipolítica.

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Media literacy, which encompasses skills and knowledge considered essential for civic participation in social, political, and professional life, is an area that has been growing steadily. In Portugal, there is a wide range of entities that have developed media literacy initiatives, from public entities, universities, research centers, training centers, media organizations, among others. These actors are adopting different approaches and media literacy is being promoted through training, academic publications, social projects, and learning platforms. These actions, carried out in more or less formal environments, are aimed at different target audiences, from pre-school children to the elderly. Based on the multiplicity of theoretical approaches to the concept of media literacy, this study seeks to understand the extent to which this diversity is reflected in the multiplicity of actors, approaches and target audiences involved in promoting media literacy in Portugal. To achieve this goal, using two analysis grids, one dedicated to the actors and the other to their interventions, a mapping of Portuguese entities dedicated to media literacy was carried out, seeking to identify the types of organizations and the professional areas to which they belong, their target audiences, the incidence of literacy promoted, and the pedagogical tools used. The results are presented in the form of a taxonomy of the actors involved in the operationalization of media literacy initiatives in Portugal, making it possible to characterize the landscape of this literacy promotion and its constituent networks, as well as to identify areas to be explored and the types of target audiences in need of initiatives aimed at their needs. The identification of empirical practices to promote media literacy in Portugal also makes it possible to contribute to the global theoretical-conceptual debate on the subject, particularly in terms of the volatility of the concept, its propensity for change and its readaptation according to the contexts in which it is used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the first modern age, Europe bore witness to the rise of numerous curiosity cabinets that curated collections of natural samples from across the globe. The nature of the Americas held a significant place within these spaces, shaping the scientific endeavors of those who delved into the new epistemological challenges of natural history. Focusing on the case study of the Salvador cabinet, a collection formed and maintained by a long line of apothecaries from Barcelona, this article aims to analyze how a collection of americana was formed and the many meanings that this category could assume in the communication and networks that articulated it. By analyzing the private correspondence of Joan Salvador I Riera--third generation of the family--, the aim is to demonstrate the different places that American nature occupied in his activity and collection, as well as to understand the dynamics of its articulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Este artigo pretende colaborar com um novo campo de análise na pesquisa em educação. Seu intuito é produzir um olhar cruzado sobre o processo legislativo e a incidência de atores na construção de políticas públicas educacionais por meio de um Estado da Arte de artigos na área da Educação classificados em revistas Qualis A1, A2, B1 e B2 (Quadriênio 2013-2016) que analisam a formulação da política de fundos (Fundef, Fundeb e Fundeb Permanente) e a incidência de atores sociais. A hipótese que conduziu esta pesquisa é que a análise sobre a incidência dos atores sociais no processo legislativo é incipiente no Brasil. Apontamos como resultados que a maioria das produções científicas da área da educação não considera a incidência de atores, e especialmente de atores sociais externos, como um elemento relevante para a formulação das políticas de fundos, o que prejudica a compreensão sobre como as políticas educacionais são elaboradas, constituindo uma lacuna que deve ser preenchida.

Acordos das Nações Unidas, incluídos os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS), pressupõem decisões políticas, legislação convergente, instituições fortes, espaços participativos e ações objetivas. Pela abrangência e caráter geral de suas diretrizes, a Agenda ONU 2030 se caracteriza como utópica, por um lado, e um discurso ousado, por outro, pois expõe injustiças e desigualdades a serem enfrentadas. A partir desta compreensão, este ensaio propõe uma reflexão sobre como os ODS se aproximam, ao mesmo tempo, de concepções utópicas, no sentido de distância de realidades objetivas, ou de perspectivas, no sentido de abrir diálogos e posicionamentos proativos. Adota-se o ODS 6 – tema central gestão da água e saneamento – e recorte no contexto Brasil. Dada a importância de protagonismos de atores sociais e instituições para este tema, o texto destaca possibilidades de atuação de algumas instituições-chave em favor do alinhamento entre agendas de sustentabilidade com políticas e leis nacionais. Destaca-se a possibilidade da soma de esforços de instituições-chave do Estado em apoio aos atores sociais e à participação coletiva para que as agendas de sustentabilidade transitem entre utopias e perspectivas, para além do voluntarismo ativista e da dependência de grupos de poder privados e de governos.

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This article provides a systematic analysis of the dynamics of the actors associated with the defense industry in Ecuador, as one of the economic branches that has the best chance of boosting economic growth through contributions to the Gross Domestic Product, employment generation and the promotion of national production. The analysis was carried out with a prospective approach, applying the quintuple helix innovation model that allows an integral analysis from the economic, social and environmental components to address a topic of great interest for Ecuador. The research methods applied were historical, systemic, dialectical and modeling, supported by procedures such as analysissynthesis and integration-abstraction. In particular, a comparative analysis was carried out between Ecuador and other countries in the region, which made it possible to determine common aspects and gaps, especially with Brazil, Latin America's leading country in this area. The development of the research project summarized in the article will allow laying the foundations for decision making in the sector focused mainly on two variables: investment policies and the management model to be implemented that will allow dynamizing the participation of the different public and private actors in the development of the Ecuadorian defense industry system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article provides a systematic analysis of the dynamics of the actors associated with the defense industry in Ecuador, as one of the economic branches that has the best chance of boosting economic growth through contributions to the Gross Domestic Product, employment generation and the promotion of national production. The analysis was carried out with a prospective approach, applying the quintuple helix innovation model that allows an integral analysis from the economic, social and environmental components to address a topic of great interest for Ecuador. The research methods applied were historical, systemic, dialectical and modeling, supported by procedures such as analysissynthesis and integration-abstraction. In particular, a comparative analysis was carried out between Ecuador and other countries in the region, which made it possible to determine common aspects and gaps, especially with Brazil, Latin America's leading country in this area. The development of the research project summarized in the article will allow laying the foundations for decision making in the sector focused mainly on two variables: investment policies and the management model to be implemented that will allow dynamizing the participation of the different public and private actors in the development of the Ecuadorian defense industry system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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História da Educação: sujeitos, objetos e práticas, organizado por Mirian Jorge Warde e Fernando Rodrigues de Oliveira, é fruto do trabalho desenvolvido na linha de pesquisa homônima do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Unifesp – Guarulhos, ao qual os autores estão vinculados. Em formato digital e acesso aberto, o livro apresenta os resultados das pesquisas do grupo, que dialoga com conceitos e debates da história cultural, intelectual e política. Ao reunir autores em diferentes estágios profissionais e de formação em pesquisa, a leitura deste volume nos mostra como é possível revisitar temas já tradicionais da História da Educação, como a dos impressos educacionais, a partir de diferentes questões e enquadramentos teóricos, oferecendo ao campo novas perspectivas em um amplo recorte temporal. O prefácio, assinado por Vera Valdemarin, oferece um panorama dos estudos em História da Educação no Brasil, situando as contribuições apresentadas no livro.

Este artigo se insere na perspectiva da qualidade das políticas sociais no Brasil, vinculada a visões alternativas de desenvolvimento, tendo como referência o conceito de desenvolvimento como liberdade, nos termos de Amartya Sen (2000), de modo a contribuir com a apresentação de uma proposta de análise de políticas públicas. A ferramenta apresentada busca ser capaz de observar as potencialidades de políticas públicas que expandam as capacidades da população na prática de determinadas liberdades instrumentais, articuladas ao uso dos eixos indicados pelo modelo de Subirats et al (2008): os diversos atores envolvidos, seus recursos e o marco institucional no qual atuam. Seu objetivo é apresentar um modelo que permita estudar empiricamente diversas políticas públicas em curso, assim como sirva de suporte teórico para pensar a formulação, implementação ou avaliação de novas políticas, com destaque para o caso das realidades locais dos municípios brasileiros.

This research analyzes the content of 416 fake news items identified during the first half of 2021 by Maldita.es and Newtral.es, from Spain, and Colombiacheck and La Silla Vacía, from Colombia. The results show that the majority of the authors of fake news are anonymous, and that this especially harms the current governments and other public officials. The interests of the promoting actors are political-governmental, political-institutional and reputational. The study also asked about the topics, formats and distribution channels of fake news. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Argentina, the deployment of unconventional hydrocarbon activity in the 21st century has transformed the Northern Patagonian territories. The State promotes the exploitation of resources through legislation, agreements and production incentives, and companies invest in the development of the Vaca Muerta sedimentary formation in the Neuquina basin. The infrastructure projects needed to mobilize the growing resources and flows are multiplying. The changes in the hydrocarbon networks are creating economic dynamism and socio-spatial transformations. Co-construction in the Northern Patagonian territories becomes a resource through which the actors create synergies between their projects or resolve emerging conflicts. The objective is to understand the changes in the networks and territories in Northern Patagonia, associated with unconventional hydrocarbon activity. At local and regional scales, multiple social, political, and economic challenges arise; at national level, the development of unconventional hydrocarbon resources, mainly shale gas, would contribute to meet energy demands and support a sector and a transition in which Argentina has been a pioneer. The production of unconventional energy and the associated territorial transformations were analyzed based on field work, interviews, bibliographic analysis, and statistical information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The discussion on innovation ecosystem has been intensifying over the last 15 years and, considering that public services play an essential role for the management of innovation, an approach in which public organizations occupy a central place presents an opportunity for theoretical and empirical advancement in the theme. Using a qualitative and comparative approach, the objective of this article is to characterize the actors involved in the innovation ecosystem in the public sector. To achieve this goal, 224 awarded innovation experiences in the public sector in Brazil and Spain, from 2007 to 2018, were used as the object of content analysis. By applying three principles related to scientific rigor of research - validity, reliability and replicability - the results present a database with a longitudinal description of the phenomenon that consolidates empirical evidence that classifies the actors related to innovation ecosystems in the Brazilian and Spanish public sector. In addition, the data analyzed revealed ecosystems with an endogenous characteristic, as well as variables that translate key elements for public innovation. Furthermore, the analysis provided a repository of information conferred to managers and policy makers, who aim to increase the performance of innovation projects in the public sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Esse trabalho mapeia os atores envolvidos na regulação da Internet brasileira a partir das audiências públicas realizadas no Congresso Nacional, à época da elaboração do Marco Civil da Internet e no Supremo Tribunal Federal no âmbito das ações que questionam a constitucionalidade de dispositivos desse marco regulatório (ADI 5527 e da ADPF 403). Tem como objetivos estudar o processo de construção do marco regulatório da Internet no Brasil e compreender como os debates legislativos são recepcionados no plano do Judiciário. Trata-se de pesquisa quanti-qualitativa: parte-se da apresentação de algumas referências sobre a regulação da Internet, foco da análise da atuação dos atores, apresenta-se os pontos de conexão (semelhanças e divergências) entre seus argumentos e como, no Legislativo e Judiciário, esses atores envidaram esforços na implementação de seus interesses. A conclusão refere-se à importância da regulação da Internet como forma de garantia e proteção de direitos fundamentais.

A discussão sobre ecossistema de inovação vem se intensificando nos últimos 15 anos e, considerando que os serviços públicos desempenham um papel essencial para a gestão da inovação, uma abordagem na qual as organizações públicas ocupam um lugar central apresenta uma oportunidade de avanço teórico-empírico na temática. Utilizando-se de uma abordagem qualitativa e comparada, o objetivo deste artigo é caracterizar os atores envolvidos no ecossistema de inovação no setor público. Para tal, foram utilizadas como objeto de análise de conteúdo 224 experiências de inovação no setor público premiadas no Brasil e na Espanha, no período de 2007 a 2018. Mediante aplicação de três princípios relacionados com rigor científico da pesquisa - validade, confiabilidade e replicabilidade - os resultados apresentam uma base de dados com descrição longitudinal do fenômeno que consolida evidências empíricas que classificam os atores relacionados com os ecossistemas de inovação no setor público brasileiro e espanhol. Para além do exposto, os dados analisados revelaram ecossistemas com característica endógena, bem como variáveis que traduzem elementos-chave para a inovação pública. Ademais, a análise oportunizou repositório de informações conferidas aos gestores e formuladores de políticas públicas, que almejam incrementar o desempenho dos projetos de inovação no setor público.

Purpose: This article reviews the literature on social innovation, also focusing on Latin American production, identifying how the contents dialogue with the reality of initiatives in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative research mapped 53 social innovation initiatives with some digital use and analyzed 20 of these initiatives. Using a descriptive exploratory methodology, the study was conducted in Ave stages: (1) review of the literature, (2) mapping of the initiatives, (3) the selection of 20 initiatives, (4) interviews and analysis, (5) a discussion workshop on the results. Findings: The results indicate that the researched initiatives differ a little in relation to the literature. More specifically, this analysis helped perceive that in the city, (1) social innovations occur almost exclusively through the movement of civil society actors, (2) there is little to none, or only indirect articulation with governments and public policies, and (3) digital use and management remain reactive rather than strategic and are almost exclusively centered on social networks, both as a communication and management tool. Research limitations/implications: This study cannot be generalized for the city since the sample was identified by voluntary adherence of the initiatives to an internet call. Originality/value: This study contributes to knowledge on social innovations in the city of Rio de Janeiro, providing elements for debate by public and private decision makers, in addition to academic interest and shows the need for knowledge production for management rooted in the local context and reality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reconhecida como a “a indústria mais sexy da Europa”, a indústria calçadista portuguesa se consolida como símbolo nacional, superando os problemas que outrora vivenciou. Nesse processo de consolidação, a atuação da associação empresarial foi fundamental no estabelecimento dos vínculos de cooperação e do movimento de coordenação dos atores, aspectos relevantes para a obtenção dos resultados positivos. Consideramos a coordenação exercida pela associação um dos elementos centrais das estruturas de governança territorial, tema que tem sido foco de importantes debates no campo do planejamento urbano-regional e da gestão do território. Dito isso, o presente artigo objetivou analisar a importância da governança territorial em aglomerados produtivos, como o cluster do calçado português. Para tanto, a metodologia foi constituída de revisão bibliográfica e da análise de documentos oficiais, além de estudos recentes sobre a dinâmica do cluster. Os resultados alcançados demonstraram a importância da governança no desempenho dos clusters, além de oferecer, com base no estudo de caso, um exemplo para a discussão sobre a dinâmica em aglomerados produtivos e a relevância dos novos fatores de produção (conhecimento, inovação, articulação entre atores, apoio institucional).

Resumo Este artigo procurou compreender a atuação dos atores no processo de construção social da agenda de inclusão financeira no Brasil, utilizando a Teoria Ator-Rede (TAR) como lente teórica, visto que a formação da agenda pode ser compreendida como um contínuo processo de associações que envolve diferentes mediadores. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com representantes das instituições envolvidas no processo de construção da agenda em tela, bem como de fontes documentais. A dinâmica do processo de construção da agenda de inclusão financeira foi analisada considerando os quatro momentos da translação (problematização, atração de interesses, recrutamento e mobilização) apresentados na literatura pertinente. Verificou-se que a agenda de inclusão financeira no Brasil é fruto de um processo incremental, que contou com a atuação de uma ampla gama de atores (do governo, do mercado, fomentadores e estudiosos e internacionais) e que foi influenciada por alguns elementos não humanos, destacando-se o Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) como ator focal do processo.

Este trabalho expõe os dados referentes ao PIB e ao PIB per capita coletados pela pesquisa “Governança territorial no Brasil: especificidades institucionais, lógicas espaciais e políticas de desenvolvimento”. Tais dados indicam desigualdade durante o período estudado (2002 – 2014) e motivam a questão básica que guia o presente trabalho: a desigualdade dificulta a participação no âmbito das estruturas de governança? Assim, supondo que a função básica das estruturas de governança é incentivar a cooperação e a participação através do encaminhamento dos conflitos, a hipótese para a questão posta pode ser expressa pela seguinte afirmação: a desigualdade contribui para a inércia institucional e para a estabilidade presente nas relações entre atores, dificultando a cooperação, a participação e o desenvolvimento sustentável territorial. Nesse caso, o funcionamento das estruturas de governança pode ser descrito mais pela inércia e menos pela mudança institucional. Os resultados gerais da pesquisa na qual esse trabalho se apoia indicam que a cooperação e a participação são truncadas, reforçando a interpretação proposta. O método para a análise dos dados e o desenvolvimento da hipótese foram feitos a partir de um modelo simplificado da realidade, o jogo, formado pelos conceitos de atores e instituições.

Este artigo é uma introdução à Análise do Discurso da Sociologia do Conhecimento (ADSC). Trata-se de uma abordagem da pesquisa discursiva dentro das ciências sociais que goza de antiga recepção no espaço de língua alemã e recentemente também em âmbito internacional. Essa abordagem combina a análise de regimes de saber/poder postulada por Foucault com o paradigma interpretativo da sociologia, em especial com a tradição pragmática do interacionismo simbólico e da sociologia do conhecimento social-construtivista. São apresentados importantes conceitos fundamentais, além de sugestões para a metodologia e a aplicação metódica de estudos discursivos correspondentes.

The Large Technological System (LTS) is a central concept in the epistemologies of Action-Network Theories (ant), related with poststructuralist epistemologies, and an important tool for the analysis of territorial systems. In this paper, we will use the lts concept to examine the hydrologic system of the Metropolitan Area of Bogotá, making emphasis on three aspects: the natural structure, the technological complex, and the normative framework. The goal was to explore the metropolitan geopolitics of water use in La Sabana de Bogotá and the particularities in the water governance, highlighting the incidence of municipalism and the interaction of a wide group of private, governmental, and civic actors. It was examined the physical infrastructure provided by the Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Bogotá (eab-esp) that works as a quasi-monopoly actor in water management as well as their interaction with the highly autonomous municipalities. Other actors such as the real estate, floriculture, mining, and dairy activities was included in the analysis. The report gives special attention to the highly complex relationships between them and how they work in a complex and multiscale normative framework. The text concludes emphasizing the different challenges of water governance in a context of rapid metropolisation, complexing economic relations and climate and environmental change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Em Portugal, o interesse e relevância do espaço público no âmbito das políticas urbanas tem vindo a crescer, com o aumento da produção de novos espaços e intervenções em espaços existentes. A par da diversidade de tipologias e contextos, multiplicam-se também os instrumentos de atuação e os atores neles envolvidos com diferentes contributos e interesses. Neste âmbito, a produção de espaço público mostra-se uma matéria complexa e multidimensional, marcadamente contextual, onde se relacionam questões normativas, políticas, financeiras, funcionais e sociais. Este artigo pretende fazer uma discussão sobre a produção e gestão do espaço público em Portugal, fazendo uma análise exploratória desta complexidade, clarificando o quadro normativo relevante e os principais atores intervenientes, com o intuito de identificar os desafios e problemáticas que daí decorrem.

Public green spaces (PGS) on the shores of the Limay River in Neuquen Metropolitan Area (AMN, for its acronym in Spanish) can represent tools for water management. For the design of such instruments, it is important to know the local dynamics of hydrometeorological threats. The aim of this paper is to analyze, from a historical perspective based on the digital written press, the occurrence of events related to hydrometeorological threats in the AMN and, most precisely, around the PGS located on the coast of the Limay River for the period 1999-2020. 131 journalistic articles were surveyed and the information collected was validated through hydrometeorological databases. The methodology classifies events according to origin and nature, as well as characterizing them according to their physical characteristics; consequent damages in urban, periurban and rural areas; actors from different jurisdictions and adopted actions. Before and during the events soft measures prevailed while hard measures prevailed after them. Specifically, the consequences in EVP result in hindrances for its exploitation by users. Historical records provide initial, useful and comprehensive information for the analysis of the incidence of water processes in cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper exposes and analyzes some results of the research "Territorial Governance in Brazil: institutional specificities, spatial logics and development policies", guided by the following question: do governance structures reinforce institutional inertia or, on the contrary, are they signs of political modernization? Assuming that the basic function of structures is cooperation, the hypothesis can be expressed by following statement: institutional inertia and tendency to stability present in relations between actors hinder cooperation and participation by legitimizing relatively inadequate behaviors in search for sustainable territorial development. However, cooperation difficulties may also indicate a process of political modernization. The data analysis and development of hypothesis were made through a simplified reality model, the game, formed by the interactions between actors and institutions. Changes in institutional legitimacy modify actors' behavior and can be described as a process of political modernization. However, data collected indicate that cooperation and participation are truncated within the structures during the period studied (2002-2014), suggesting that their functioning can be characterized more by institutional inertia and less by political modernization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study aims to describe the process of building the plus-size fashion market based on the theoretical perspective of building markets. The research is characterized as qualitative and descriptive and had data collection through interviews, non-participant observation, and documentary research. As main results, two factors mark the beginning of the construction of this market, which are: (a) increase in the population's obesity and (b) acceptance of the body by the obese population. Several actors were identified who participated in the process of building the plus-size market, especially social networks (blogs). As market practices, the low influence of regulatory practices was noted, especially about the standardization of product size grids. Regarding representational practices, there is an increase in the speech in favor of the plus-size market, placing this niche as an opportunity for entrepreneurs and favoring the acceptance of the body by the population. Finally, concerning exchange practices, there were similarities to those found in fashion markets in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Th is article adopts the perspective of the actor-network theory to understand the role of the actors in the process of social construction of the financial inclusion agenda, considering that agenda-setting can be seen as a continuous process of associations that involves different mediators. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with representatives of the institutions involved in the process of agenda-setting examined, as well as from documentary sources. The dynamics of the process of developing the financial inclusion agenda were analyzed considering the four moments (problematization, interessement, enrolment, and mobilization) presented in the relevant literature. The research found out that the financial inclusion agenda in Brazil is the result of an incremental process, which was attended by a wide range of actors (government, market, developers and scholars, and also international actors) and it was influenced by some non-human elements, among which the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) stands out as the focal actor of the process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dom Feliciano is a Brazilian municipality located in the south-central region of Rio Grande do Sul State; around 90% of its population are polish descent and due its population and socioeconomic structure, it is a rural territory whose agriculture activities, like tobacco, contribute significantly to the municipality GNP (gross domestic product). In the year 2000, the local reality manifested complex through its socioeconomic indicators. At this juncture, the genesis of a social process starts to constitute on the basis of a municipal participating planning exercise made by articulators of Emater/RS, in 2001. The present paper, through a qualitative methodology and ethnographic investigation tools, supported in the actor's perspective as theoretical-analytical referential, aims to analyze the generation of knowledge and the social innovations construction of the family farming in Dom Feliciano, during the last two decades of the XXI Century. It was documented the construction of social devices in the form of the Municipal Council for Rural Development and the Municipal Plan for Rural Development; As well as innovations where the participation of diverse actors and community associations promoted the creation of social capital and organization actions, like the Cooperativa Agropecuaria Centro Sul (Coopacs), which articulates and materializes the demands and necessities of the community around the own view of local development and with the actors autonomy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work reflects on the category of collective social actor and proposes dimensions of analysis for its approach from a relational analysis perspective, using interdisciplinary concepts. The article is interested, in the first place, in the theoretical matrices that guide the understanding of the subject and allow to follow the historiographic course that it charges in the social sciences between the mid-twentieth century and the present. Then, three dimensions of analysis, located, macrosocial and transversal, are proposed to account for the socio-historical configuration of an ASC. The research is qualitative and is based on a bibliographic approach as in the results of our publications and ongoing projects. Thus we understand that the notion of collective social actor refers to any subject of belonging to a collective, located, whose constitutive process is part of an organizational and identification matrix, while the configuration of the actions with which it is identified (more or less contentious, with greater or lesser incidence in the context) positions and makes it visible in the public space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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O tema abordado neste artigo é a previdência social brasileira, com o objetivo de analisar os atores envolvidos e os interesses que marcam sua trajetória histórica. Discute-se a previdência social como política pública, refletindo sobre os interesses, atores e teorias que foram evidentes em diferentes contextos históricos. Busca-se apresentar as principais mudanças na previdência social no período de 1930-2016, com base nas alterações legais e institucionais. A metodologia utilizada foi a pesquisa bibliográfica para revisão da literatura, a pesquisa documental e medidas legais, dados oficiais sobre a previdência social no Brasil.

This article proposes a model, shaped by concepts of actors and institutions, to describe the operation of some structures of governance in State of São Paulo, based on results of a research that sought to discuss its importance for sustainable regional development. Supposedly, the primary function of these structures is cooperation. However, secondary data and field reserach indicated its fragility, evidenced by low participation and asymmetric information. A possible explanation is proposed from Brazilian institutional framework, based on the values of the patriarchal family, legitimizes oligarchic and patrimonial behaviors that hinder cooperation. Even so, they can be described as attempt to stand back from those behaviors to start a slow institutional change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article seeks to discuss the relationship between Geographical Indication (GI) and regional development based on the performance of the main actors in Brazil. The methodology is anchored in exploratory research. The main actors involved in the GI discussions in Brazil are: MAPA, SEBRAE, INPI and Universities. Of these actors, MAPA's methodology is the one that contributes most to stimulating regional development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Qual é a perspectiva de avaliação que interessa o PSSS? As premissas com que começamos a construir um quadro de avaliação, são: - uma noção de valor ampla, integrando aspectos tangíveis, intangíveis e contextuais, - avaliação como aprendizagem e interpretação, do que funciona, do que falha e sua dinâmica, - integrar a diversidade de atores, aceitando diferenças de opinião e julgamentos de valor. O foco da avaliação será assim, a questão básica que pode ser simplificada em: "para o que serve o espaço público", incluindo os benefícios que os espaços públicos oferecem, em resposta às necessidades de uma população que inclui diferentes atores, aceitando diferenças de opinião e julgamentos de valor. O referencial, em si, inclui os conceitos que definem o método, integrando Sistema, Serviço, Atores e Valor; O seu conteúdo ocupa cinco áreas de objetivos de aplicação: 1. Contexto urbano em que é estabelecido, 2. Identificação (tipo, limites, elementos, organização...), 3. Análise-interpretação de problemas, 4. Reflexão sobre contradições/dificuldades, potencialidade/conflito, 5. Definição/estratégia de possibilidade. Os resultados esperados com a proposta de uma "caixa de ferramentas" do projeto visam esclarecer os problemas do espaço público, identificando déficits e oportunidades, com a proposta de alternativas de processos e soluções do serviço espacial, para facilitar a comunicação entre diferentes tipos de atores, integrando-os na avaliação. As experiências de utilização destes conceitos e ferramentas (nas Áreas Metropolitanas de Lisboa e Porto, em Barcelona (Bom Pastor) e em Antofagasta (Chile) em diferentes contextos urbanos, tipos de espaços e atores, são discutidos na apresentação que segue.