Norms and redistribution: a case study of international influences over policies against racial discrimination in Brazil

Abstract

This paper analyzes how the State acceptance of international norms may influence the implementation of redistributive policies, based on a case study of policies against racial discrimination in Brazil, from 1995 to 2005. It argues that the preparation of and the follow-up to the Durban Conference would have increased the political feasibility of affirmative action policies in Brazil.

Redistribution; Norms; Racial discrimination; Affirmative action