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Latin America plays an important international role with regard to environmental governance. Knowledge generated by empirical and theoretical studies on environmental challenges can support the renewed efforts in the region to achieve equitable and sustainable natural resource use. Although linkages be-tween social and environmental dimensions have been academically explored since the 1990s new trends in environmental governance in Latin America deserve a comprehensive analytical approach. The authors argue that in or-der to enhance "Latin American perspectives" to solving socio-environmental dilemmas, several research streams need to be brought together in integrative frameworks that can address complex questions related to interactions between state, civil society and market actors on multiple scales. ; América Latina juega un papel importante en relación con la Gobernanza Ambiental. El conocimiento generado por estudios empíricos y teóricos sobre los desafíos ambientales del presente pueden apoyar los renovados esfuerzos de la región por alcanzar un uso de los recursos naturales que sea equitativo y sustentable. A pesar de que los vínculos entre las dimensiones social y ambiental han sido explorados por la academia desde los años noventa, las nuevas tendencias de la Gobernanza Ambiental en América Latina requieren una aproximación analítica comprehensiva. Los autores argumentan que, a fin de potenciar las "perspectivas latinoamericanas" para la solución de los dilemas socioambientales, algunas corrientes de investigación deben juntarse en marcos analíticos integradores que puedan generar complejas preguntas relacionadas con las interacciones a múltiples niveles entre Estado, sociedad civil y actores de mercado.

Latin America plays an important international role with regard to environmental governance. Knowledge generated by empirical and theoretical studies on environmental challenges can support the renewed efforts to achieve equitable and sustainable natural resource use in the region. Although linkages between social and environmental dimensions have been academically explored since the 1990s, new trends in environmental governance in Latin America deserve a comprehensive analytical approach. This Exploration presents relevant emerging research topics and provides a brief overview of relevant elements and 'cross-overs' for an integrative analysis. The authors argue that in order to enhance 'Latin American perspectives' to solving socioenvironmental dilemmas, several research streams need to be brought together in integrative frameworks that can address complex questions related to interactions between state, civil society and market actors at multiple scales. With a consortium of ten Latin American and European institutions, they aim to contribute to the development of such frameworks through the project Environmental Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean: Developing Frameworks for Sustainable and Equitable Natural Resource Use (ENGOV).Resumen: Gobernanza ambiental en América Latina: Hacia un programa integrado de investigaciónAmérica Latina juega un importante papel internacional en el ámbito de la gobernanza ambiental. El conocimiento generado por estudios teóricos y empíricos sobre retos ambientales puede sostener renovados esfuerzos por llegar a un uso equitativo y sostenible de los recursos naturales en la región. Aunque las conexiones entre las dimensiones social y ambiental han sido estudiadas en la academia desde los años noventa, nuevas tendencias en gobernanza ambiental en América Latina merecen un enfoque analítico comprehensivo. Esta Exploración presenta nuevos y relevantes temas de investigación y ofrece una breve perspectiva de los elementos relevantes y 'cross-overs' para un análisis integrativo. Los autores plantean que para mejorar las "perspectivas latinoamericanas" para resolver dilemas socio-ambientales, se necesita reunir en marcos integradores varias tendencias de investigación que puedan tratar asuntos complejos relacionados con las interacciones entre el estado, la sociedad civil y el mercado en múltiples escalas. Con un consorcio de diez instituciones latinoamericanas y europeas, se espera contribuir al desarrollo de esos marcos interpretativos a través del proyecto Gobernanza Ambiental en América Latina y el Caribe: Hacia Marcos Analíticos para el Uso Equitativo y Sostenible de los Recursos Naturales (ENGOV).

O artigo parte de uma etnografia realizada num Dia de Finados, em um cemitério de Belém (Pará, Brasil), para discutir como os rituais contemporâneos de memória dos mortos tomam formas criativas e performáticas. Procura-se discutir esses rituais de memória por meio de uma reflexão sobre o fenômeno da temporalidade na construção experiência vivenciada. Recorre-se aos conceitos de liminoide (Turner) e de alegoria (Benjamin) para refletir sobre a maneira como esses rituais ressolidarizam e renovam o tecido social, confrontando a estrutura com a communitas (Turner) por meio da experiência temporal. Nesse percurso, procura-se construir um diálogo entre autores (Simmel, Heidegger e Schutz) que, como Turner, têm por referencial a filosofia da experiência de Dilthey e a sua compreensão da vida social como uma composição de tecidos intersubjetivos.

Introduction; Kees Koonings, Fabio de Castro and Marianne Wiesebron 1. Continuity in a Changing Brazil: the Transition from Lula to Dilma; Timothy J. Power 2. Changing Repertoires of State-Society Interaction under Lula; Rebecca Abers, Lizandra Serafim and Luciana Tatagiba 3. Brazil: From 'Sleeping Giant' to Emerging Power; Paulo F. Visentini 4. Trade-offs and Choices of Economic Policy in Brazil: the Lula Years and the new directions towards development after 2010; Helio Henkin 5. Poverty Reduction and Well-Being: Lula's Real; Marcelo C. Neri 6. Social Policies during the Lula Administration: The Conditional Cash Transfer Program 'Bolsa Familia'; Marianne L. Wiesebron 7. Violence, Crime and Insecurity since 2000: Local Dynamics and the Limitations of Federal Response; Kees Koonings 8. Urban and Housing Policy from Lula to Dilma: Social Inclusion with Territorial Segregation; Nabil Bonduki 9. Social Inclusion in Rural Brazil under Lula; Antonio M. Buainain, Henrique D. Neder and Junior R. Garcia 10. Environmental Policies in the Lula Era: Accomplishments and Contradictions; Fabio de Castro

Grassroots initiatives that aim to defend, protect, or restore rivers and riverine environments have proliferated around the world in the last three decades. Some of the most emblematic initiatives are anti-dam and anti-mining movements that have been framed, by and large, as civil society versus the state movements. In this article, we aim to bring nuance to such framings by analyzing broader and diverse river-commoning initiatives and the state–citizens relations that underlie them. To study these relations we build on notions of communality, grassroots scalar politics, rooted water collectives, and water justice movements, which we use to analyze several collective practices, initiatives, and movements that aim to protect rivers in Thailand, Spain, Ecuador, and Mozambique. The analysis of these cases shows the myriad ways in which river collectives engage with different manifestations of the state at multiple scales. As we show, while some collectives strategically remain unnoticed, others actively seek and create diverse spaces of engagement with like-minded citizen initiatives, supportive non-governmental organizations, and state actors. Through these relations, alliances are made and political space is sought to advance river commoning initiatives. This leads to a variety of context-specific multi-scalar state–citizens relations and river commoning processes in water governance arenas.