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This article discusses the participation of civil society during the governments of President Lula, particularly in institutional public spaces. The participation of civil society in decision-making processes, incorporated in the Brazilian Constitution of 1988, has been a central principle in the political project of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) since its foundation in 1980. This paper examines the extent to which this principle has remained effective and has been actively implemented at the federal level since the PT came to power in 2002. It also analyzes the concrete results of implementing greater participation and the difficulties faced in doing so. In addition, it explores both the continuities and new developments that have emerged during the government of Lula's successor, Dilma Rousseff. (GIGA)

This article discusses the participation of civil society during the governments of President Lula, particularly in institutional public spaces. The participation of civil society in decision-making processes, incorporated in the Brazilian Constitution of 1988, has been a central principle in the political project of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) since its foundation in 1980. This paper examines the extent to which this principle has remained effective and has been actively implemented at the federal level since the PT came to power in 2002. It also analyzes the concrete results of implementing greater participation and the difficulties faced in doing so. In addition, it explores both the continuities and new developments that have emerged during the government of Lula's successor, Dilma Rousseff. Adapted from the source document.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: The Cultural and the Political in Latin American Social Movements, Sonia E. Alvarez, Evelina Dagnino, and Arturo Escobar -- Reconceptualizing the Cultural in Latin American Social Movements Research -- Reconceptualizing the Political in Latin American Social Movements Research -- Culture and Politics in Social Movement Networks or Webs -- Social Movements and the Revitalization of Civil Society -- Social Movements and the Trans/formation of Public Politics -- Globalization, Neoliberalism, and the Cultural Politics of Social Movements -- Notes -- References -- PART ONE: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF CITIZENSHIP, DEMOCRACY, AND THE STATE -- 2 Culture, Citizenship, and Democracy: Changing Discourses and Practices of the Latin American Left, Evelina Dagnino -- From the Kingdom of Ideology and the State to the Apogee of Hegemony and Civil Society -- Democracy and Citizenship: The Cultural Politics of Social Movements -- Notes -- References -- 3 Social Rights: Conflicts and Negotiations in Contemporary Brazil, Maria Celia Paoli and Vera da Silva Telles -- The Construction of a Democratic Field of Conflict: Social Movements and Political Sociability -- Democratic Construction in Question: The Current Labor Movement -- Citizenship and Workers: Recent Studies -- Notes -- References -- 4 New Subjects of Rights? Women's Movements and the Construction of Citizenship in the "New Democracies:' Ver6nica Schild -- Social Movements and the Problem of State--Civil Society Relations in Neoliberal Modernizing Projects -- From the Margins to the Center? Women in the New Chilean Democracy -- The Expanding Networks of the Women's Movement in Chile -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References