Circulação de saberes e de práticas governativas

caminhos de articulação da política no Brasil, 1845-1860

Abstract

In this article we seek to map circuits of administrative political articulation
in the middle of the nineteenth century in Brazil, thinking of some
state - building movements that involved the circulation of knowledge
and of government practices. The text is divided into four parts. In the
first, we observe the communication between presidents of provinces to
understand how they were articulating ways of governing. The circulation
of narratives about the public administration was conforming a
vocabulary, a discursive field and shared knowledge about the different
provinces. One of the greatest challenges to the governments of the
period was the revolts, so in the second part of the text we deal with the
relationship between two provinces, Pernambuco and Alagoas, during
the Jacuípe War, to clarify part of this dimension. In the third part, we
discussed another sphere that involved public administration, the debate
about government performance in epidemics and food production
crises. To close the text, we evaluate the political articulation woven in
private correspondence, when the dimension of political struggle and
material interests becomes more visible. We also try to emphasize, in all
the topics, the diversity of political actors in the scene, participating in
the disputes.