The topic of social participation has entered the agenda of the 3rd Lula government with new objectives and challenges, informed by assessments of the limitations of past participatory experiences focused on policy councils and conferences, as well as the new landscape of competing political forces in society, marked by the growing strength of the far-right in Brazil. The study seeks to answer the following questions: how do changes in the political context affect the repertoires of socio-state interaction that policy community actors use to defend and represent their interests? How are socio-state interactions and the institutional framework supporting them affected by the use of digital tools? In what ways do the roles and dynamics of participatory institutions change in this new political landscape? And what insights can this study offer to the broader discussion on the relationships between the crisis of democracies, participation, and public policies?

Participants (Center)

GEPPADE/UNESP: Alexandre José Romagnoli, Carla Gandini Giani Martelli, Inácio de Paula e Silva, Juan Felipe do Prado Alves, Larissa Maria do Nascimento, Laura Moyano Malara, Maria Eduarda Cortez.
SociDem/UEM: Ana Laura da Rocha, Carla Almeida, Leonardo Augusto Lucena Ribeiro, Luana Machado Alves, Luana do Rocio Taborda, Milena Cristina Belançon, Rafael Cardoso Sampaio, Rafael da Silva, Victor Gabriel Menegassi, Carla Bernava.