30 years of children and adolescents’ rights: an analysis of the trajectory of public policy in Brazil

Brazil is recognized for having an advanced regulatory framework in terms of guarantees of rights of children and adolescents. However, the daily challenges to put this framework into practice are still immense. How do we explain this gap between regulation and practice? To answer this question, thi...

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Authors: Andion, Carolina, Gonsalves, Aghata Karoliny Ribeiro, Magalhães, Thiago
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repository:Opinião Pública (Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8673369
Online Access:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/op/article/view/8673369
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Análisis de políticas públicas
Arena pública
Cartografia de controversias
Derechos de niños y adolescentes
Brasil
Análise de políticas públicas
Cartografia de controvérsias
Direitos da criança e do adolescente
Public policy analysis
Public arena
Cartography of controversies
Rights of children and adolescents
Brazil
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Summary:Brazil is recognized for having an advanced regulatory framework in terms of guarantees of rights of children and adolescents. However, the daily challenges to put this framework into practice are still immense. How do we explain this gap between regulation and practice? To answer this question, this article proposes an analytical and theoretical approach anchored in a pragmatist perspective, using the method of cartography of controversies in the analysis of this public policy. This entails retracing the trajectory of the debate in the public arenas that compose this policy historically, seeking to analyze it from the main spokespersons, arguments, controversies, and worldviews present in the public debate. The results allow us to understand how public action in this field has been (re-)configured in the past 30 years, by dispute and stabilization processes, identifying its advances and limits. The conclusions of the study contribute to an understanding of the challenges of this policy, showing that these emerge in the interconnection of levels, forms of regulation, and networks of actors; this requires a review of the traditional conceptions adopted in the analysis of public policies.