%0 Journal Article %T Indiv¨ªduo e sociedade no discurso da pol¨ªtica de ensino superior %A Martins %A Rubens de Oliveira %J Sociologias %D 2001 %I Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul %R 10.1590/S1517-45222001000200006 %X this essay is an effort to understand some of society's views within the process of building official discourses legitimating public policies for higher education. its starting point is a reflection that expresses the theoretical and methodological references of the classical opposition between individual and society in sociological theory. %K individual %K society %K public policies %K higher education %K sociological theory. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1517-45222001000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en