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Articles • Tempo soc. 29 (3) • Sep-Dec 2017 • https://doi.org/10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2017.118722   copy

Lulism and the institutionalization of social movements in Brazil: strengthening democratic inclusion and perpetuating hegemony1 1 . This article was originally written as part of the research carried out as a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics, as part of my Post-doctoral Fellowship in the Environmental Studies and Research Centre at the University of Campinas, Nepam-Unicamp, Brazil. I would like to thank the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (Capes), Brazilian funding agency, for its support. I would also like to thank Dr. Tim Forsyth and Dr. Teddy Brett, from the Department of International Development at the LSE; Dr. Anthony Hall, from Department of Social Policy at the LSE; and Dr. Lucia da Costa Ferreira, from the Nepam-Unicamp, for their enlightening comments and important contributions to this work.

Lulismo e a institucionalização dos movimentos sociais no Brasil: fortalecendo a inclusão democrática e perpetuando a hegemonia

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Abstract

This paper assesses the democratizing potential of the institutionalization of social movements in Brazil under the Lula Government, in order to evaluate their impact on political hegemony and social inclusion when they establish close links with the state apparatus. We focus on rural movements and the Sustainable Development Program of Rural Territories (Pronat), and show that the institutionalization of a significant part of the rural movement was part of the phenomenon known as Lulism, a social class alliance in which social movements had a prominent role that enabled the Lula government to consolidate its hold on power. We argue that social movements have not only successfully converted their demands into public policies and strengthened political participation, but also perpetuated class hegemony and legitimated the authority of the government.

Institutionalization of social movements; Social movements, Lulism; Hegemony; Democratic governance

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