The influence of rural movements and political opportunities in the construction of the government procurement program in Rio Grande do Norte

• Autor(a) principal: Tereza Vaz de Moura, Joana
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Knox, Winifred, Freire da Silva Júnior, Marcos Aurélio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistaesa.com/ojs/index.php/esa/article/view/esa29-3_09_efeitos
• topic: movimentos sociais rurais; efeitos políticos; políticas públicas; programa de compras governamentais; oportunidades políticas; rural social movements; political impacts; public policies; government procurement programs; political opportunities; movimientos sociales rurales; efectos políticos; políticas públicas; programa de adquisiciones gubernamentales; oportunidades políticas

The article examines the role of the political influence of social movements in the elaboration and approval of the State Program for Government Procurement of Family Farming and Solidarity Economy (PECAFES) in Rio Grande do Norte. For this purpose, a dialogue is established with the literature on the impact of the actions of social movements on public policies. The initial hypothesis was that social movements took advantage of the political opportunity of the 2018 elections in RN to propose a policy of access to institutional markets. The question, therefore, became, how was it possible for this policy to enter the government agenda and have unanimous approval in the legislative assembly? The methodology adopted is essentially qualitative. Interviews were carried out with the main leaders of the rural movements and with government representatives, in addition to analysing the speeches and narratives of the actors in public hearings and in newspapers and magazines, together with other relevant documents. The results show that three factors were essential for the social movements to be able to promote this policy: these movements’ history of organization in the state, guaranteeing a well-defined proactive agenda; the window of political opportunity created by a government open to social movements; and, finally, the non-identification of veto points to the program in the Legislative Assembly.