Doctoral Dissertation Research: Class or Race? The Rise of Affirmative Action in Brazil, 2001 - 2010

本研究项目调查了最近在巴西公立高等教育中平权行动政策的兴起，以探索促进这些政策发展和成功部署的制度和社会因素。在社会运动、国家行为者、倡导组织和学者的领导下，巴西政府最近采取了平权行动政策和项目来打击种族不平等。这一行动代表了政策的迅速转变。目前正在制定种族的含义和新政策的类别。本研究项目通过分析影响政策设计的因素，以及为实现高等教育中的平权行动目标而创建的后续项目，来调查这一政治过程的动态。这项研究的重点是对巴西五个选定的地点进行比较分析。研究计划包括与主要利益相关者的访谈和选定的法院和公共文件的编码。平权行动政策仍然是一个活跃的学术和公众讨论的领域。在比较比较的情况下审议这些政策，应有助于更广泛地了解影响这一领域公共政策的制定和执行的各种因素。

This research project investigates the recent rise of affirmative action policies within public, higher education in Brazil in order to explore the institutional and social factors that contributed to the development and successful deployment of these policies. Led by social movements, state actors, advocacy organizations and academics, the Brazilian state has recently adopted affirmative action policies and programs to combat racial inequality. This action represented a rapid policy shift. The meaning of race and the categories for the new policies are currently being created. This research project investigates the dynamics of this political process by analyzing the factors affecting the policy designs and the subsequent programs created to achieve the goal of affirmative action in higher education. The research focuses on a comparative analysis of five selected sites in Brazil. The research plan involves interviews with key stakeholders and coding of selected court and public documents.Affirmative action policies remain an area of active acacademic and public discussion. The consideration of these policies, in a more comparative context, should facilitate a greater level of understanding generally of the factors that shape the development and implementation of public policy in this area.