UBIMar/CEDE Methods Workshop – From Policy Puzzles to Research Strategies: Studying Municipal Social Policies in Maricá, Niterói and Beyond

UBIMar/CEDE Methods Workshop – From Policy Puzzles to Research Strategies: Studying Municipal Social Policies in Maricá, Niterói and Beyond

General Information

Where? Universidade Federal Fluminense, Gragoatá, Bloco F, Auditório
When? Thursday, 27/06/2024

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Abstract

As the first ever implemented basic income-inspired municipal social policy, the Renda Básica de Cidadania de Maricá (RBC) has become a beacon of innovation in municipal basic income research, as it re-defines a field that before heavily drew from speculations of “what could be.” Having a closer look at this policy, which through post-pandemic expansion is now multiple policies in various stages of planning and implementation throughout Rio de Janeiro state (and in some cases beyond), it can be seen that the Maricá case involves many moving elements. A point can be made that regarding policy expansion and diffusion, the movements of people, ideas, and procedures are not always as straightforward as they seem.

This workshop aims to bring together various perspectives on policy puzzles presented by the RBC and its cousins, like the Moeda Social Arariboia in Niterói. In this context, it asks how to continue with cohesive research questions into the field of social policy diffusion, as “the Maricá model” keeps spreading into other Brazilian municipalities. The workshop aspires to discuss developing an integrated approach toward solving re-appearing policy puzzles within the municipal social policies in Maricá and Niterói. In this context, it hopes to create synergies between scientific disciplines and bring together varying perspectives on Brazil’s expanding municipal basic income policyscape. With the development of new and re-emerging research questions on the diffusion of “the Maricá model” in mind, this event will attempt to connect plural positionalities within the emerging debate of this new wave of Brazilian municipal social policy diffusion.

Schedule

Literature Recommendations

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Addendum

Please, note that this workshop will be held in English/Portuguese (panels marked accordingly). It will take place exclusively offline/in person at the location named above. Further, the organizers do not discriminate against any person based on race, colour, national origin, gender, disability, or age (and any other bases you wish to include) who want to participate in this event.