Sociologia à brasileira: uma perspectiva teórico-metodológica decolonial do estudo das políticas públicas

Abstract

Public policies are the means by which societies relate to each other and to the environment by solving problems common to certain groups, through power dynamics and political practices, requiring a set of processes, drawn up and implemented by government actors (at municipal, state or federal level), based on a government agenda, with the aim of ensuring basic rights for the population. The aim of this article is to problematize the Western intellectual tradition on public policy studies, pointing out the colonial challenges and presenting the emergence of a national literature as a decolonial studies perspective, using comparative studies and a literature review as methodologies. Firstly, the subordinate intellectual tradition of Brazilian Sociology was discussed, as a result of an imperialist academic project; secondly, a comparative study was carried out between the case of France and Brazil with regard to public policy studies, highlighting the contribution of Sociology to this field. Finally, a brief theoretical-methodological contribution was made to the study of public policy in Brazil, focusing on studies carried out by some researchers linked to the Federal University of Sergipe, highlighting the importance of adopting a decolonizing perspective. The conclusion is that the importation of sociological problems and theories from imperialist centers must be 275 overcome in favour of the formulation of theories, methods and techniques for the analysis of national social problems, challenging external domination and promoting awareness of the crisis of sociology in the search for decolonization.