Poder econômico, democracia e direitos humanos. Um novo debate internacional sobre direitos humanos e empresas

Edição trilíngue: português, espanhol e inglês.Título em inglês: Economic power, democracy and human rights. A new international debate on human rights and corporationsTítulo em espanhol: Poder económico, democracia y derechos humanos: un nuevo debate internacional sobre derechos humanos y empresa

Identities and social strategy in the transnational arena. The case of social movement against the free trade in the Américas

Esta tese estuda o movimento social contra o livre comercio nas Américas, num esforço de defini-lo como tal, identificando seus limites e suas diversas e complexas dinâmicas de ação dentro do campo transnacional. A abordagem do objeto - como estudo de caso - é feita, primeiramente, a partir de sua reconstrução histórica, através de métodos qualitativos de análise de fontes primárias documentais, entrevistas em profundidade, bem como a própria observação participante do autor. Intencionalmente, apenas num segundo momento dá-se o dialogo com o corpus teórico dos movimentos sociais e a literatura recente sobre a ação coletiva na arena transnacional. Produto dessa discussão é a construção de um arcabouço analítico que termina por fazer dos conceitos de identidade social e estratégia/ação coletiva as peças centrais da definição de movimento social. Em um terceiro e último momento, o conceito é utilizado para retornar ao objeto e dar conta de sua complexidade.This thesis studies the social movement against the free trade in the Américas. Its an effort to define it identifying its limits and diverse and complex dynamics within the field of transnational collective action. The approach of the object - as a case study - is made, firstly, through its historical reconstruction, based on qualitative methods such as in-depth interviews, archival studies and participant observation. Intentionally, only in a second moment is presented a dialogue with the social movement\'s theoretical corpus and with recent literature on collective action in the transnational arena. The outcome of this discussion is an analytic framework that puts the concepts of social identity and collective strategy/action as both key pieces of the broader definition of social movement. At a third and final moment, this concept is used to return to the object and explain its complexity

VIEIOS Y NUEVOS DILEMAS PARA LA FARTICIPACION SOCIAL EN LOS PROCESOS DE INTEGRACION SUDAMERICANOS

This essay makes a balance of social participation within the regional integration processes in South America during the period of these called progressive governments. It analyzes the participation mechanisms and the perceptions of the civil society organizations that influenced the relation they establish With them. These organizations face three dilemmas: toparticipate or not even if they perceive that those processes bring few outcomes for them; to participate even if they perceive that the processes do not express a clear way to emancipation, and to contribute with the spontaneous processes of integration even if they consider them as not been transformatives

VIEIOS Y NUEVOS DILEMAS PARA LA FARTICIPACION SOCIAL EN LOS PROCESOS DE INTEGRACION SUDAMERICANOS

This essay makes a balance of social participation within the regional integration processes in South America during the period of these called progressive governments. It analyzes the participation mechanisms and the perceptions of the civil society organizations that influenced the relation they establish With them. These organizations face three dilemmas: toparticipate or not even if they perceive that those processes bring few outcomes for them; to participate even if they perceive that the processes do not express a clear way to emancipation, and to contribute with the spontaneous processes of integration even if they consider them as not been transformatives