Banca de DEFESA: EDERSON RABELO DA CRUZ

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : EDERSON RABELO DA CRUZ
DATE: 21/11/2024
TIME: 13:30
LOCAL: https://meet.google.com/njz-knpx-yca
TITLE:

Constitutionalism Crisis and the Challenges to Democratic Stability: Political, Social, and Institutional Transformations in Brazil (2013-2023).

KEY WORDS:

Crisis of constitutionalism; Brazilian democracy; June Protests; Political narratives; Democratic erosion.

PAGES: 481
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Direito
SUMMARY:

Over the past decade (2013-2023), Brazilian democracy and constitutionalism have faced profound challenges, revealing both vulnerabilities and resilience. The June Journeys of 2013 marked the beginning of protests that, while initially focused on improvements in public transportation, uncovered broader dissatisfaction with democratic institutions and the political system. Subsequently, the investigations of Operação Lava Jato and the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in 2016, characterized as an institutional coup, intensified political polarization, culminating in the election of Jair Bolsonaro in 2018. His government, marked by far-right rhetoric, was characterized by constant attacks on democratic institutions and attempts to undermine them, along with the promotion of social tensions. The spread of misinformation on digital platforms fueled political radicalization, leveraging the ideological manipulation of conservative and reactionary religious and social groups. In this context, challenges to governability were exacerbated by party fragmentation and the difficulty of building political consensus. The deeply polarized election of 2022 jeopardized the future of Brazilian democracy, with Bolsonaro questioning the legitimacy of the electoral process and further destabilizing the democratic system. The apex of this crisis occurred on January 8, 2023, when extremists invaded the headquarters of the Three Powers in Brasília in a clear attack on constitutional order, demanding a military coup to restore Bolsonaro to power. In light of this scenario, the research seeks to construct a conceptual definition of the crisis of democratic constitutionalism rooted in the historical and social particularities of Brazil, distinguishing it from traditional theories and addressing its implications during the period from 2013 to 2023, considering the challenges resulting from the erosion of trust in institutions, political polarization, attacks on democracy, and the impacts of the digital age. This qualitative and exploratory investigation adopts Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Walter Benjamin's concept of narration to examine how narratives constructed around these events have influenced the collective imaginary and contributed to the crisis of democratic constitutionalism in Brazil. Data collection was conducted through content analysis of news published by outlets such as G1, Agência Pública, and Agência Câmara de Notícias. This methodology allowed for the cataloging and chronological organization of relevant information, identifying the main themes related to the crisis of constitutionalism and its possible causes and consequences. In conclusion, the decade was marked by a multifaceted crisis of Brazilian constitutionalism, characterized by the gradual erosion of the democratic foundations that sustain the legitimacy and functionality of institutions, in response to specific social, political, and economic events and forces. The Brazilian perspective on this crisis, analyzed in this thesis, offers an integrated and innovative viewpoint in relation to the theorization of constitutional crises.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - MARIEL MURARO - CUP
Interno - 1173633 - ALEXANDRE BERNARDINO COSTA
Externo à Instituição - ANDRÉ PEIXOTO DE SOUZA - UFPR
Presidente - 3064634 - BENEDITO CEREZZO PEREIRA FILHO
Interna - 2729067 - DANIELA MARQUES DE MORAES