Civil Society Participation in Brazilian Foreign Policy: an Analysis of its Democratic Quality



Document title: Civil Society Participation in Brazilian Foreign Policy: an Analysis of its Democratic Quality
Journal: Contexto internacional
Database: CLASE
System number: 000445651
ISSN: 0102-8529
Authors:
Year:
Season: May-Ago
Volumen: 38
Number: 2
Pages: 711-729
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract Working from an analytical framework that emphasises the horizontalisation of the decision-making process of Brazilian foreign policy, considered as public policy and subject to democratic control, this article analyses the democratic quality of this policy’s participatory institutions, using the criteria established by democratic theory. Civil society participation is analysed in three areas of foreign policy: multilateral international negotiations, regional integration, and South–South development co-operation. It can be stated that civil society participation in Brazilian foreign policy is of a diffuse nature, discretionary, and with a high degree of informality
Disciplines: Relaciones internacionales
Keyword: Política internacional,
Brasil,
Política exterior,
Sociedad civil,
Participación social,
Calidad de la democracia
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