Actors, epistemic communities and policy change

Analysis of the solid waste policy in Guarulhos (SP)

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ID3754763
AuthorsCristiane Kerches Da Silva Leite (0000-0002-4610-0520, Universidade de São Paulo), Lígia Gonçalves Dall''Occo (0000-0003-0291-2962, USP, Brazil)
Year2020
Volume23
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmbiente & sociedade (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1414-753X • E-ISSN: 1809-4422
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-4422asoc20190024r2vu2020l6ao
OpenAlexW3112118623
SCIELO_PIDS1414-753X2020000100346
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited20

This article analyzes the formulation and implementation of the solid waste policy in the city of Guarulhos, with an emphasis on the political process of disputing ideas, interests and instruments of public policies between political actors, epistemic communities and public managers. This research problematizes how the municipality of Guarulhos was a pioneer in the development of the Municipal Solid Waste Plan. The objective was to articulate analytical categories of public policy making to discuss the political role of a network of actors from the solid waste epistemic community in the change of policy in Guarulhos. Through the analysis of secondary data (bibliographic research) and primary data (decrees, laws, minutes of meetings and interviews with strategic actors), it is possible to verify the process of changing the image of the solid waste policy, especially regarding the issue of civil construction waste disposal, through the transfer and learning of specialists acting as political actors in the subsystem of this policy

Epistemic community · Geography · Municipal solid waste · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Sociology · Waste management · Computer Science · Development, Ethics, and Society · Education and Public Policy · Engineering · Environmental Sustainability and Education · Law · Public Administration

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