Participação pública e controle da poluição: a ambientalização dos conflitos sociais

Abstract

The article examined the theme of social conflict and forms of organization around the ecology. It investigated how this theme was transformed into a public issue and verified the political mechanisms that involved new forms of management and production of the ecology. Beyond state ecological policies, it further pointed to the assimilation of behavior, practices and norms of conduct in regards to this new dominion of the "ecology". It tackled disputes between a variety of experts (engineers, designar, chemists, lawyers, doctors, biologists, social scientists, etc.) and between experts and common citizens. It showed how within the poor and the vulnerable populations.