Democracy and the urban issue in the Brazilian constituent (1987-1988)

Abstract

The paper presents the results of reading, systematizing and analyzing the minutes of the Subcommittee on Urban Issues and Transport of the National Constituent Assembly (1987-1988). The research identified the institutions that were called to the debate, the moment when they were included in the debate, and the social sector represented, the professionals, the state companies, sectors linked to the real estate market, the intellectuals and the urban social movements. The objective of the research was to go through the debate around the urban issue in the 1987-1988 Constituent in order to explain the position of the institutions that were included in the debate. What were your proposals? How was the consensus on the urban issue built in the Subcommittee? Considering that this was the landmark of the democratic transition in a highly urbanized society, we believe that the elements of this investigation can contribute to the debate about Brazilian urban democracy and its recently institutional crisis.

Keywords:
Urban Reform; Urban Politics; 1987 Constituent Assembly