Brazilian Partnerships Between State and Civil Society From the Perspective of Social Capital

The diffusion of partnerships between State and non-profit organizations brings into focus important questions relating to the interaction between State and civil society. This study aims at proposing reflections about the implications of those partnerships in the countries that have adopted such models, as well as the specific consequences that can emerge in the Brazilian context. In this way, this study discusses, through a social capital and civil society theoretical framework, which possible consequences and limitations might exist within the relationships built within such partnerships, particularly focusing on the Brazilian context following the administrative reform of 1995. For this purpose, we rely on Ostrom's (2003) perspective on social capital, as well as the Civil Society definition proposed by Cohen and Arato (1992). The reflection on these partnerships and their implications allows for new questions and hypotheses, which, considering the practically absent literature on these effects, represents alternatives for future empiric studies.国家与非营利组织间伙伴关系的普及，使得国家与公民社会（civil society）的互动这一重要议题成为学界关注的焦点。本研究旨在探讨此类伙伴关系在已采用该模式的国家所产生的影响，以及巴西语境下可能出现的特定后果。据此，本研究依托社会资本（social capital）与公民社会的理论框架，剖析此类伙伴关系所构建的互动关系中可能存在的各类后果与局限，并特别聚焦于1995年行政改革后的巴西语境。为此，本研究援引奥斯特罗姆（Ostrom, 2003）的社会资本视角，以及科恩与阿拉托（Cohen and Arato, 1992）提出的公民社会定义。对上述伙伴关系及其影响的探讨能够催生新的研究问题与假设；鉴于目前针对此类效应的相关研究文献几乎空白，这为未来的实证研究提供了可行方向。