Public policy: ocial and political disputes during the pandemic

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It is with great pleasure that we continue our work and present to the reader another publication from Revista Aurora. The Dossier Section of this issue presents the intriguing theme “Public Policies: social and political disputes during the pandemic” which is structured around the following works: a) “Intergovernmental lack of coordination during the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil: the case of postponement of the National High School Examination (ENEM)”, by Márcio Pozzer (USP) and Roberta Neuhold (USP), which discusses the gaps in current management in Brazilian education and the impacts of the pandemic on the intensification of educational inequalities in the country; b) “The housing issue in Brazil: some sociological aspects”, by Janaina de Abreu (UNESP), which offers a sociological theory approach to the problem of lack of housing; c) “¿Kuns Manq' Apxa?: the experiences and social strategies of Bolivian Andean indigenous populations in the face of covid-19”, by Roger Mayta (UFG) and Chryslen Gonçalves (UNICAMP), which highlights the social experiences of Bolivian Andean populations in the context of the pandemic; d) “The correlation between the lack of housing and the homeless population in the context of the pandemic: an analysis of the social rental program in Araraquara/SP”, by José Cagnin (UNESP), which analyzes the social housing program in city of Araraquara, in the interior of São Paulo; e) “Neoliberalism and public universities: reflections on the devaluation of public higher education”, by Fernanda Godim (UNIOESTE) and Rafaela Johann (UNIOESTE), who analyze the recent cuts in public investments in public higher education; f) “Effects of freezing spending for 20 years on social security, in particular, on the social protection action implemented by the Bolsa Família program”, by Maria José da Silva (UFRPE), Raquel Uchoa (UFRPE) and Laura Arrazola (UFRPE) , which discuss the impacts of the “spending ceiling”, approved in 2017, on social policies, such as family grants; g) “Theories of elites and analyzes of public policies: parallels and approximations”, by Cristiano Duarte (UNESP), which makes a theoretical comparison between two distinct matrices. Finally, in line with the excellent dossier we published, we have the review by Anna Kristyna Araújo da Silva (UFPB), with an analysis of Achille Mbembe's book, “Necropolitics”, São Paulo, N-1 Edições, 2018.