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兴起的扶持行动政策，以探讨有助于制定和成功实施这些政策的体制和社会因素。在社会运动、国家行为者、倡导组织和学术界的领导下，巴西政府最近采取了平权行动政策和方案，以打击种族不平等。这一行动标志着政策的迅速转变。目前正在确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和为实现高等教育平权行动目标而制定的后续方案，调查这一政治进程的动态。研究重点是对巴西五个选定地点进行比较分析。研究计划包括与主要利益攸关方的访谈以及对选定的法院和公共文件进行编码。在比较的背景下审议这些政策，应有助于普遍更好地了解影响这一领域公共政策的制定和执行的因素。

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.