Security Sector Reform in Brazil and the Updating of the National Security Doctrine: The Case of the Federal Intervention in Rio de Janeiro (2018) analyzes the Security Sector Reform (SSR) agenda in its adaptation to Brazilian conditions that pend towards authoritarianism. We defend the hypothesis that, in Brazil, the RSS agenda is processed to legitimize the increase of military interventions in the social domain, updating procedures from the National Security Doctrine. Through primary source research and a case study, we analyze the federal intervention in Rio de Janeiro in 2018, planned and carried out by the Armed Forces after a historical series of military engagement in pacification and Law and Order Guarantee operations.
Keywords:
Security Sector Reform; National Security Doctrine; civil-military relations; federal intervention; Law and Order Guarantee