International circulation and background of Brazilian ruling classes

• Grant number: 06/56499-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2007
• End date: March 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History
• Principal Investigator: Leticia Bicalho Canedo
• Grantee: Leticia Bicalho Canedo
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Educação (FE). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais:( Últimos ): Agueda Bernardete Bittencourt
• Pesquisadores principais:( Antigos ): Ana Maria Fonseca de Almeida
• Associated scholarship(s): 10/04748-1 - Marriage, children and the building of an academic career in contemporary Brazil, BP.MS; 09/14827-9 - NGOs and the promotion of public education in Brazil: between political activism and professional expertise, BP.DR; 08/02618-3 - Teachers job contracts and the social construction of teachers work in the Paulista s public schools (1974-2009), BP.MS

Abstract

This study is situated among those dealing with the understanding of the contemporary struggles concerning the meaning of "globalization", or "universalistic project", which propose, based on negotiations given as scientific, to establish forms of organization, action principles and modes of government which are intended to be extended to the whole planet. The target is the investigation of individuals and networks which operate in the elaboration of this project in intergovernmental organs, international associations, NGOs, universities and professional societies. It is believed that knowledge of the agents involved in the acceleration of this project will throw more light on the comprehension of this powerful hegemonic instrument, which tends to become the central site for the for the continuity of the national elites in the countries peripheral to those production centers of the universalistic institutional models. The proposal extends a series of research projects conducted by a team of researchers who, supported by the CAPES/COFECUB agreements, investigated the intellectual and professional itineraries of Brazilian professors and scholars who chose to go abroad to seek their doctoral education. (AU)