Associativismo no Ministério Público brasileiro e a defesa dos direitos de pessoas idosas e pessoas com deficiência

"The present work by Alexandre de Oliveira Alcântara, titled *Associativismo no Ministério Público Brasileiro e a Defesa dos Direitos de Pessoas Idosas e Pessoas com Deficiência* (Associationalism within the Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office and the Defense of the Rights of Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities), possesses numerous merits in its approach to the subject of public policies concerning older persons and persons with disabilities in Brazil; it was originally developed as research undertaken within the scope of a doctoral thesis for the Graduate Program in Sociology and Law at the Fluminense Federal University (PPGSD/UFF). Among these various qualities, the work raises important questions for understanding: (I) the relationship existing between the practices of the researcher and those of the legal practitioner within the operational framework of the academic field; and (II) the associational trajectory of AMPID—a thematic association distinct from the traditional class-representative associations typically studied within the institutional context of the Public Prosecutor's Office—as well as the developments surrounding the formulation and implementation of public policies for older persons and persons with disabilities in Brazil, analyzed through the lens of a comprehensive sociology." -- Back cover (translated).