Militarização de princípios e militarização de estruturas: proposta de categorias a partir do uso legal da força

Abstract

The debate on militarization and demilitarization is increasingly becoming part of discussions by representatives of various social segments. Starting with the movement that became known as "The June Days", the "voice from the streets" was raised with greater emphasis on the need to demilitarize the Military Police. Based on the Bourdieusian concept of field and the centrality of legal force use analysis, a possible consensus of what demilitarization is has been developed. The adequacy to present this concept through substantively constructed categories about what militarization is, along points of view that vary according to the position of who enunciates them as well as those who receive it, has also been developed. Documental and bibliographic research, together with interviews with Rio de Janeiro public security managers and U.S. internal security professionals from tencities, were used to build the theoretical and empirical basis that guided this study. It is intended that this proposed categorization may contribute for the diverse social groups within the political arena to have their propositions identified as are directed to structures and/or principles that guide the Military Police and other institutions.