Authors:
- Frederico Salmi, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
- Monika Dowbor, Universidade Federal de Pelotas
- Lorena Cândido Fleury, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Abstract: This article presents an analysis of the Observatório do Clima network in the light of the advocacy coalition category-horizon, in particular the intermediary (broker) category. A conceptual-methodological framework was mobilized based on the theoretical frameworks of the sociology of critical utopia on the climate issue and studies of socio-state interactions. Critical interpretive analysis was used as a methodological strategy. The result is the proposal of a new category, metacoalization, and two complementary roles, producer (of knowledge) and monitor (of public policies), to Gurza Lavalle and von Bülow's (2014, 2015) conceptual framework. In addition, a new agent is introduced to the analytical scenario as a structuring configuration element of the new roles: the artificial climate agent.
