Guiné-Bissau e os limites da consolidação democrática e do estado de direito

Abstract

This dissertation examines the recurrence of coups d´état (overthrow of government) in a State officially democratic, Guinea-Bissau, between 1980 and 2012, a period that marks the first coup since independence and the final coup to a government elected under the umbrella of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). Based on qualitative literature, historical and documentary research, we seek to maintain our expertise in theoretical and methodological explicit frameworks, it is not our intention to achieve absolute truths, but rather contribute to the construction of a new synthesis with new reflections on the content of theme "coups". The work contextualizes the different periods traversed by the country and reflects on the operative logics at various period of the coups, as well as on the challenges for the affirmation of the Rule of Law and, above all, on how could this apparent paradox be: a coup as a generating mechanism of participation in the national political arena. Therefore, the study sought to highlight the need for a less limited conception of democracy and "colonized" that allows observing and judging, from another perspective, the Bissau-Guinean democracy in terms of political participation, social density and popular legitimacy.