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Voluntas (2012) 23:236256 DOI 10.1007/s11266-011-9195-3
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From dot.org to dot.gov: Professional Crossings in the Brazilian National Policy on HIV/AIDS
Luiz Claudio Marques Campos
Patricia Maria Mendona Mario Aquino Alves
Published online: 24 May 2011 International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University 2011
Abstract This article reects on the importance of the relations between state and society in policy-making in the area of public health. Several studies in various sectors such as health, education, and social services have made similar observations on organizational dynamics and the institutionalization of different models of partnerships or contracts, often based on the analytical model of three sectors. Individuals and their networks of relationships, however, remain an almost unexplored dimension in these types of research. Against this backdrop, this study seeks to analyze the movement of HIV/AIDS activists to governmental organizations working in this same eld. The analysis raises questions concerning the forms of individual and institutional learning that help to maintain the distinct character of innovation of the Brazilian policy. Professionals who cross the borders hold a different prole once they have accumulated experience working with grassroots and local NGOs, and have also had the chance to be trained and enhance their technical and managerial capacities, since the government has supported NGOs for a long period. When combined, these experiences allow them to maintain relationships with social movements and give them the ability to navigate through the government bureaucracy and handle technical information about ghting AIDS epidemics, making it possible for them to negotiate strategic collaborations reecting the interests of different groups. Hence, they constantly reect on the differences between government and social spaces, and keep questioning and modifying their roles in the light of potential and existing complementarities.
L. C. M. Campos M. A. Alves
Fundao Getlio Vargas, Avenida 9 de Julho, 2029-Bela Vista, 01313-902 So Paulo, Brazil e-mail: [email protected]
M. A. Alvese-mail: [email protected]
P. M. Mendona (&)
Centro Universitrio FEI, Rua Tamandar, 688, 01525-000 So Paulo, Brazil e-mail: [email protected]
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Resume Cet article propose une rexion sur limportance des relations entre ltat et la socit en matire dlaboration dune politique dans le domaine de la sant publique. De nombreuses tudes axes sur diffrents secteurs tels que les services sociaux, de...