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

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Autor(a) principal: Pomeroy,Melissa
Data de Publicação: 2016
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Contexto Internacional
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-85292016000200711
Resumo: 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.
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title Civil Society Participation in Brazilian Foreign Policy: an Analysis of its Democratic Quality
spellingShingle Civil Society Participation in Brazilian Foreign Policy: an Analysis of its Democratic Quality
Pomeroy,Melissa
Participation
Brazilian Foreign Policy
Civil Society
Democratic Quality
Foreign Policy Analysis
title_short Civil Society Participation in Brazilian Foreign Policy: an Analysis of its Democratic Quality
title_full Civil Society Participation in Brazilian Foreign Policy: an Analysis of its Democratic Quality
title_fullStr Civil Society Participation in Brazilian Foreign Policy: an Analysis of its Democratic Quality
title_full_unstemmed Civil Society Participation in Brazilian Foreign Policy: an Analysis of its Democratic Quality
title_sort Civil Society Participation in Brazilian Foreign Policy: an Analysis of its Democratic Quality
author Pomeroy,Melissa
author_facet Pomeroy,Melissa
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pomeroy,Melissa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Participation
Brazilian Foreign Policy
Civil Society
Democratic Quality
Foreign Policy Analysis
topic Participation
Brazilian Foreign Policy
Civil Society
Democratic Quality
Foreign Policy Analysis
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