http://hdl.handle.net/11422/66 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:27:49 GMT 2026-07-25T19:27:49Z http://hdl.handle.net/11422/29273 Title: Democracia por procuração: o abismo entre o ideal do "governo do povo" e a realidade minimalista da plutocracia parlamentar no Brasil Author(s)/Inventor(s): Siqueira, Wander de Oliveira Advisor: Moraes, Wallace dos Santos de Abstract: This doctoral thesis aims to analyze the performance of the Participatory Legislation Commission of the National Congress of Brazil. To this end, it delves into a thorough theoretical discussion on the concept of democracy, highlighting a gap between the etymological conception of democracy understood as “government of the people” and its minimalist materialization in contemporary Western societies, marked by a crisis of political representation. Anchored in anarchist theoretical frameworks and through systematic bibliographic research, the analysis unveils the mechanisms of democratic containment inherent to the liberal system, characterized as a plutocratic regime, which, through proxy governments and democratic brakes, seek to distance the people from the effective exercise of power. Using the comparative history methodology, we aim to confront the perspectives of classical authors, defenders of the representative model, with the contributions of counterhegemonic thinkers who propose a radically participatory and popular democracy. As specific objectives, we seek not only to highlight the limitations of the liberal paradigm but also to explore alternatives to strengthen citizens’ effective participation in political decisions, as well as to present reflections on possible paths toward a more participatory and inclusive democracy grounded in the libertarian premises of equality and freedom. Publisher: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Type: Tese Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11422/29273 2025-12-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11422/29272 Title: Imigração contemporânea de africanos, latino-americanos e caribenhos na atividade do comércio informal na cidade do Rio de Janeiro (1980-2025) Author(s)/Inventor(s): Lima, Roberto Leonardo de Araujo Advisor: Gomes, Flavio dos Santos Abstract: This thesis presents an analysis of the study of the contemporary urban phenomenon of "spontaneous" immigration and the activity of informal street vending, especially of African (Angolan, Congolese and Senegalese, Ghanaian and Nigerian), Latin American (Venezuelan, Ecuadorian, Argentinian, Peruvian, Uruguayan and Colombian) and Caribbean (Haitian) immigrants to the city of Rio de Janeiro between the years 1980 and 2025. The research analyzes the historical contexts of these migratory flows, seeking to identify the identity resignifications of informal immigrant workers in the city. We initially consider that contemporary non-European immigration is often treated as homogeneous, unlike other contemporary immigration portraits in Brazil. We seek to understand the movements of constructing new identities, transmigration (understood here as being between two places), so- called "stepping stone" immigration (using Brazil as a way to reach other countries), the issue of work, socio-racial exclusion, and the spaces (territories of housing, work, and culture) created by various African, Latin American, and Caribbean immigrant communities in Rio de Janeiro. Our study reveals how immigrants are targets of xenophobia and racism, not only during their informal work activities but also in their daily lives (authority agents, service in public and private institutions). Our analysis relied on the results of research conducted to profile immigrant informal workers in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Publisher: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Type: Tese Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11422/29272 2026-02-23T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11422/29271 Title: O poder do eros: uma análise cruzada do desejo em Safo de Lesbos (VII-VI a.C.) e em Apolônio de Rodes (III a.C.) Author(s)/Inventor(s): Nogueira, Larissa Fernandes Advisor: Lessa, Fabio de Souza Abstract: The purpose of this research is to compare desire in the poetry of Sappho of Lesbos and in the Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes. This analysis focuses on the word eros, but also covers the words hymos, pothos, and philotes, due to the variety of terms related to desire. For this purpose, two methodologies will be used: Histoire Croisée and the History of Emotions, also aligned with theorists of the anthropology of emotions. In this way, we will discuss the relationship between language, body, and emotion, as well as the vocabulary of desire, passing through the exposition of a field of seduction in ancient Greece, to understand how eros was transformed concomitantly with the historical and social changes of the Archaic and Hellenistic periods. We also analyze the gender and elements of seduction present in these works. Publisher: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Type: Dissertação Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11422/29271 2026-02-27T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11422/29255 Title: Em solo livre: a emancipação da escravidão nas províncias do Ceará e do Amazonas (1880-1888) Author(s)/Inventor(s): França, Lusirene Celestino Advisor: Gomes, Flávio dos Santos Abstract: This thesis analyzes the emancipationist movements in the provinces of Ceará and Amazonas and their repercussions between 1880 and 1888, a topic that has traditionally been marginalized by historiography in relation to the abolitionist processes in the coffee-growing southeast. In a way, the historiographical discourse on Abolition was based on the idea of gradual emancipation. This gave rise to reductionist theses that adopted the discourse that the provinces of the North and the far North abolished slavery before the Golden Law of 1888, due to demographic and political aspects, without taking into account that these historical processes were complex and consisted of struggles, strikes, escapes, and other types of resistance led by black people themselves. In the course of our research, we observed that the emancipations of Ceará and Amazonas had a major impact on the Empire, causing tension and debate in slave-owning society, which saw these anti-slavery movements as a break with the existing system and a threat to the economy and public order. The possibility of slave-free territories caused fears and conflicts throughout Brazil, since the abolitions in Ceará and Amazonas made freedom a concrete possibility for the enslaved population and contributed to redefining the direction of the abolitionist movement in several provinces. They also gave rise to a new political atmosphere, fueling the debate on the issue of slavery and opening space for the construction of a society beyond the logic of slavery. Publisher: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Type: Tese Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11422/29255 2026-02-02T00:00:00Z