CULTURAL POLICIES OF THE LULA GOVERNMENT

Resumo

In order to be evaluated, the administrations of Gilberto Gil (2003-2008) and Juca Ferreira (from 2008 on) on Brazil’s Ministry of Culture shouldn’t just be compared with the administration of Francisco Weffort (1995-2002). A rigorous study requires them to be confronted with the three sad traditions that mark national cultural policies: absence, authoritarianism, and instability. This paper analyzes the cultural policies developed by the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Govenrment with this focus.