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| Author(s): |
Débora De Fina Gonzalez
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas |
| Defense date: | 2019-07-30 |
| Examining board members: |
Márcia de Paula Leite;
Daniele Cordeiro Motta;
Isadora Lins França;
Maria do Carmo Godinho Delgado
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| Advisor: | Sonia Elena Alvarez; Márcia de Paula Leite |
| Abstract | |
In the early 2000s, Latin America experiences a period known as pink-tide, left turn or progressive cycle, in which several countries become governed by left-wing or center-left parties, setting new scenarios for the relations between civil society and the State. The establishment of 'progressive' governments in the region was a key factor to the expansion of women¿s policies agencies and the deepening of the interactions between feminisms and States in many countries, thus enhancing the possibilities for national governments to incorporate feminist demands. In both Brazil and Chile, the arrival of center-left governments into the presidency promoted the strengthening of institutional measures and arenas towards the guarantee and to expand the women¿s rights, producing relevant changes in the state structures and in the relations between feminisms and States. These paths, however, were traced by different ways, presenting similarities, specific characteristics and diverse results. Through a comparative approach between the experiences of Brazil and Chile during the first two decades of the 21st century, the thesis aims to analyze the extent to which the Latin American 'progressive cycle' has constituted a political opportunity to promote encounters between feminisms and States, to advance in ensure women¿s rights and to promote gender equality. The comparative approach between Latin American experiences leads us to the characterization of two distinct models of making policies for women at the national level and provides some analytical insights about their processes, results, consequences and socio-political possibilities. In Brazil, through the development of broad participatory processes, driven by the governments of the Partido dos Trabalhadores, an agenda aligned with feminist demands could be introduced at the state national level, producing proposals and policy plans for women consistent with the demands of social movements. However, it presented difficulties in the articulation with other sectors of the State and, therefore, in its implementation. In Chile, especially from the Michelle Bachelet¿s governments, a gender agenda was established as a government program, set in a global agenda of modernization and development, clearly detached from the claims of local social movements. However, within its limits, it founds channels and institutional tools to be implemented. Considering the contemporary political context, the analysis considers not only feminist practices and discourses within the framework of formal politics and State arenas but, following the very flows of the feminist field, to move between these frontiers, discourses and practices, in an attempt to approach and reflect on the theme proposed considering its past, present and future. The end of the so-called 'progressive cycle' in the region and the new realities in both countries represent an opportunity to analyze these processes (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/15354-5 - Public policies and feminisms: strategies for the construction of women’s autonomy |
| Grantee: | Débora de Fina Gonzalez |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |