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



Título del documento: Civil Society Participation in Brazilian Foreign Policy: an Analysis of its Democratic Quality
Revue: Contexto internacional
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000445651
ISSN: 0102-8529
Autores:
Año:
Periodo: May-Ago
Volumen: 38
Número: 2
Paginación: 711-729
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés 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
Disciplinas: Relaciones internacionales
Palabras clave: Política internacional,
Brasil,
Política exterior,
Sociedad civil,
Participación social,
Calidad de la democracia
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