Intersetorialidade nas políticas públicas para a promoção da igualdade racial: a atuação da Secretaria de Estado Extraordinária de Igualdade Racial do Maranhão entre 2010 a 2025

Abstract

This dissertation investigates the scope and challenges of intersectorality in the implementation of public policies for promoting racial equality carried out by the Maranhão State Secretariat for Racial Equality (SEIR/MA) between 2010 and 2025. To this end, we established a theoretical-methodological framework addressing the categories of racial equality, intersectorality, public policy, and SEIR/MA, as well as the

concepts of structural racism and institutional racism. We adopted the historical- dialectical materialist approach as our method. To achieve the research results, we

employed a qualitative approach, combining documentary research with fieldwork. The documentary phase involved analyzing legislation, plans, reports, regulations, and other institutional documents at both national and state levels regarding racial equality policies implemented by SEIR/MA during the period under study. Additionally, interviews were conducted with four Secretariat staff members, selected based on their roles in formulating and implementing institutional actions. Initially, we outlined the historical, social, and legal landscape of ethnic-racial issues and social policies, emphasizing intersectorality and the promotion of racial equality. Next, we presented the trajectory of SEIR/MA and the Racial Equality Policy in Maranhão, considering social pressure, institutional limitations, and the challenges of consolidating the policy. We analyzed intersectorality within SEIR/MA, examining the tension between political coordination and structural limitations. Finally, we conclude that intersectorality often runs up against bureaucratic barriers that tolerate the management of deprivation but resist changes to land ownership and the genuine redistribution of power and resources. The interviews provided insight into the subjects' perceptions of intersectorality, contributing to an understanding of the advances, challenges, and limitations involved in coordinating the public policies analyzed.