Knox, WinifredFerreira, José Gomes2023-03-222023-03-222023-01KNOX, Winifred; FERREIRA, José Gomes. Desastre ambiental e zonas de sacrifício: o derramamento de petróleo no nordeste do brasil e políticas públicas de estado. Revista da Anpege, Goiás, p. 89-105, jan. 2023. Quadrimestral. Disponível em: https://www.researchgate.net/journal/Revista-da-ANPEGE-1679-768X. Acesso em: 22 mar. 2023.1679-768Xhttps://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/51926The article analyzes the oil spill experienced in Brazil between August 2019 and January 2020, public policies in the face of disasters of this type, their impacts on the coastal fi shing population, and government actions in the face of the environmental incident that, due to its large proportions, has been considered one of the broadest in terms of socioeconomic and environmental effects in the Northeast region and in Brazil. We aim to analyze the exposure to the fragility of the Brazilian territory related to a policy of constitution of sacrifi ce zones, based on an ultra-liberal economic narrative of downsizing the State, which operated through the dismantling of institutional arrangements and public policies for oil incidents. It is concluded that the dismantling of institutional arrangements resulted in a late action, evidencing diffi culties in articulation between the appropriate institutions, causing the increasing advance of the spots and great effects on the coast for human and non-human beingsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/Derrame de óleoOil spillcatástrofe ambientalNortheastern Brazilzonas de sacrifíciocatastrophecomunidades pesqueirasenvironmentalNordeste brasileirosocial impactsFishing communitiesarticle