The budget execution of the diversity policies in the Lula and Dilma governments: obstacles and challenges the budget

ABSTRACT This article discusses the analysis of the federal budgetary execution of the policies of diversity in the education developed by the governments Lula (2003-2010) and Dilma (2011-2014). Specifically, the text addresses the actions implemented between 2004 and 2014 by the Secretariat for Continuing Education, Literacy and Diversity, later renamed Secretariat of Continuing Education, Literacy, Diversity and Inclusion, created in 2004 at the Ministry of Education based on demands from social movements. The article discusses the obstacles and challenges for the implementation of policies that deal with the relation between equality and differences in Brazilian education, revealing how the configuration of the Brazilian State is unfavorable to its execution.