This article analyzes how the criminalization of homophobia became the main agenda in a national ... more This article analyzes how the criminalization of homophobia became the main agenda in a national struggle for LGBT rights. The historical and cultural meaning of samesex relations in Brazil, from categories such as sodomite, uranist and homosexual to the emergence of a homosexual identity, led to the organization of a social movement with an agenda of its own. Homophobia is understood as a form of discrimination. This article is a constitutional theory contribution to the analysis of the arguments in favor of criminal protection, addressing its necessity, effectiveness and possibilities, current bill proposals, and their critiques.
This study search to analyze the economical exploitation of environmental resources related to th... more This study search to analyze the economical exploitation of environmental resources related to the activity of tourism. For this, it bases on the case of Ilha do Mel, located in the coast of the state of Paraná. This island with its attractions not only natural, but also historical and cultural, led off the development of the tourism in this place that happened in an accelerated way in the last 25 years. Starting from this case, this study aimed to verify patterns of occurrence of the economical-social dynamics and its influences in the environment along the time, patterns these that happen at several places of the Brazilian coast where the tourism is the main economical activity and where the environmental resources, frequently with the historical and cultural aspects, are the main attractive.
This article analyzes how the criminalization of homophobia became the main agenda in a national ... more This article analyzes how the criminalization of homophobia became the main agenda in a national struggle for LGBT rights. The historical and cultural meaning of samesex relations in Brazil, from categories such as sodomite, uranist and homosexual to the emergence of a homosexual identity, led to the organization of a social movement with an agenda of its own. Homophobia is understood as a form of discrimination. This article is a constitutional theory contribution to the analysis of the arguments in favor of criminal protection, addressing its necessity, effectiveness and possibilities, current bill proposals, and their critiques.
This study search to analyze the economical exploitation of environmental resources related to th... more This study search to analyze the economical exploitation of environmental resources related to the activity of tourism. For this, it bases on the case of Ilha do Mel, located in the coast of the state of Paraná. This island with its attractions not only natural, but also historical and cultural, led off the development of the tourism in this place that happened in an accelerated way in the last 25 years. Starting from this case, this study aimed to verify patterns of occurrence of the economical-social dynamics and its influences in the environment along the time, patterns these that happen at several places of the Brazilian coast where the tourism is the main economical activity and where the environmental resources, frequently with the historical and cultural aspects, are the main attractive.
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