The neo-conservative attack on Brazil’s federal universities

The paper analyses the offensive against Brazil’s federal universities autonomy and financing, engendered by Bolsonaro’s government. The undermining of the democratic practice in the leadership choice process and the chronic underfinancing, create an atmosphere of uncertainty in these institutions....

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Autores: Chaves, Vera Lúcia Jacob, Araujo, Rhoberta Santana de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Revista Internacional de Educação Superior
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8669158
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/riesup/article/view/8669158
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Neoconservadorismo
Universidades federais
Institutos federais
Autonomia
Financiamento
Neo-conservadurismo
Universidades federales
Institutos federales
Autonomía
Financiamiento
Neoconservatism
Federal universities
Federal institutes
Autonomy
Financing
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Sumario:The paper analyses the offensive against Brazil’s federal universities autonomy and financing, engendered by Bolsonaro’s government. The undermining of the democratic practice in the leadership choice process and the chronic underfinancing, create an atmosphere of uncertainty in these institutions. The review of literature; the primary sources (laws, decrees, decree-laws, House of Representatives website) and universities electronic portals consult subsidized the current working procedure. It was concluded that is functioning now a dismounting and refunctionalisation process in federal universities, based on the radicalization of neoliberalism and the rise of the neo-conservative agenda.