Resumen de Is private social investment a form of coproduction of public goods?

Carolina Andion, Yara Becker, Ingrid Victor

• The aim of this article is to analyse the Private Social Investment (PSI) in Brazil, based on an exploratory research, to discuss possibilities and limitations of this practice as a means to promote civic participation. The article primarily defines the concept of PSI and presents the research problem. It then analyses PSI as a strategy to promote citizen engagement in the public sphere, using the concepts of “collective action” and “coproduction of public goods” and how they relate. Based on these key concepts, a framework of analysis is built composed of variables that are used to examine the practice of PSI in Brazil. The sources used in this article are nationwide surveys undertaken in recent years. The secondary data is discussed in comparison to international data. The analysis of the data allows some final considerations that are presented at the end of the article.