Arenas de Ação e Debate Públicos : Conflitos Ambientais e a Emergência do Meio Ambiente enquanto Problema Social no Rio de Janeiro
By: FUKS, Mario
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ArticlePublisher: Rio de Janeiro : IUPERJ, 1998Subject(s): Social issues | Public debate | Argumentation resources | EnvironmentOnline resources: Acesso Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais 41, 1, p. 87-114Abstract: Based on analysis of legal disputes and of disagreements surrounding the definition of public matters and social issues, the article investigates how the question of the environment is being framed as a social issue in Rio de Janeiro. After tracing the profile of legal cases, the text examines the environmental arguments developed within the context of these conflicts. A description of "interpretive packages" put forward by the actors involved in the disputes serves as basis for an inventory of competing views of the environment expressed in the arenas of public action and debate in Rio.
Based on analysis of legal disputes and of disagreements surrounding the definition of public matters and social issues, the article investigates how the question of the environment is being framed as a social issue in Rio de Janeiro. After tracing the profile of legal cases, the text examines the environmental arguments developed within the context of these conflicts. A description of "interpretive packages" put forward by the actors involved in the disputes serves as basis for an inventory of competing views of the environment expressed in the arenas of public action and debate in Rio.
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