O poder das ideias e a consolidação dos institutos liberais parceiros da Atlas Network no Brasil: uma análise acerca da ascensão de seus dirigentes no governo Bolsonar

Abstract

In view of the inherent complexity of the hegemonic movement of creation and maintenance of neoliberal consent in the periphery and the strategies used, this work mobilizes contributions from the political sociology of Antônio Gramsci and Pierre Bourdieu, as well as its proponents in the field of International Relations (IR). Thus, this work aims to analyze the 16 partner institutes of Atlas in Brazil, focusing on the profile of its leaders and how they act in Brazilian politics. In this way, it is questioned to what extent the construction of this network of relations between the leaders of Atlas and its counterparts in Brazil points to the emergence of a transnational space of export and import practices of domination strategies and what would be their reflexes in the conjuncture national and in maintaining the interests of a national and American elite. With regard the general objective, we intend to analyze the performance of Atlas and its partner institutes in Brazil, aiming to find out how they are organized and articulated, as well as possible intersections between the results achieved between these groups and their leaders. with the interests of the US ruling economic class. To this end, we seek to: a) examine the profile of the Atlas Executive Board, mainly of the directors and members of its partner institutes in Brazil and b) understand what the mechanisms are, practices and strategies used by these institutes to impact the political, economic and social scenario in Brazil. In terms of hypothesis, it is understood that Atlas, through the construction and maintenance of a network of alliances with its similar institutes and leaders in Brazil, promotes export practices of a neoliberal world reason. As regards the sources used in this work, a separate database has been set up for each institute and each category analyzed in this research, built through the using of documents available on the institutes' own websites, of the Atlas Network, specialized bibliography and biography provided by its directors. There was also the use of software such as NodeXL and Excel to construct graphs and tables that condense results. In terms of results, it was observed that the national elite linked to the liberal institutes appropriates the support and support provided by Atlas as a way to internationalize their strategies and strengthen their social positions, converting them later into implementing a neoliberal agenda under the aegis of the Bolsonaro government.