RETHINKING PUBLIC POLICIES: A BRAZILIAN DEBATE ON PROGRAMMATIC INTERVENTION AND SOCIAL RIGHTS
A BRAZILIAN DEBATE ON PROGRAMMATIC INTERVENTION AND SOCIAL RIGHTS
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Políticas públicas, Direitos humanos, Desenvolvimento socialResumo
This article addresses a conceptual problem in contemporary Brazilian legal and policy discourse: the imprecise use of the term "public policies”. It argues that the widespread association between public policies and the promotion of rights results from a conceptual conflation between programmatic state action and continuous constitutional obligations. The analysis adopts a qualitative and deductive approach, based on bibliographical research and conceptual reconstruction. Drawing on a functional reconstruction of the concept, the article contrasts its original North American formulation -- where public policies are structured, time-bound programmes aimed at solving specific problems -- with its expanded use in the Brazilian context, where it is frequently applied to actions directed towards the implementation of social rights. The article proposes that public policies should be understood as instruments for achieving state objectives, while the realisation of rights derives from continuous normative commitments. By introducing a distinction between distributive and redistributive logics, the article offers a framework for restoring conceptual precision and contributes to ongoing debates in legal theory and public law.
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