global-journal-of-human-social-science-a-arts-humanities Global Journal of Human-Social Science - A: Arts & Humanities 0975-587X 2249-460X Global Journals Publishing Group Incorporated 83779 Absence of those Affected: Decision-Making Process for Reparations for the Dam Collapse in Brumadinho Brumadinho Dam Disaster Reparation Agreement OliveiraMarina Paula BRAZIL 16 01 2025 24 A7 13 25

This article analyzes the decision-making process regarding reparations for the socioenvironmental disaster resulting from the collapse of Vale’s dam in Brumadinho in 2019, with the aim of answering the following question: How did the decision-making process that produced the reparation agreement for the dam collapse in Brumadinho, signed between Vale and the state of Minas Gerais, come about? And with what results? To this end, the procedural theory of democracy is used, with an emphasis on Adam Przeworski’s definition of democracy as the result or the combined play of institutions and resources.

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This article analyzes the decision-making process regarding reparations for the socio-environmental disaster resulting from the collapse of Vale's dam in Brumadinho in 2019, with the aim of answering the following question: How did the decision-making process that produced the reparation agreement for the dam collapse in Brumadinho, signed between Vale and the state of Minas Gerais, come about? And with what results? To this end, the procedural theory of democracy is used, with an emphasis on Adam Przeworski's definition of democracy as the result or the combined play of institutions and resources.