December 3, 2024
Authors: Andréa Cristina Oliveira Gozetto, Clive S. Thomas Abstract: This article provides general and specific insights into Brazil’s developing interest group system. In doing so, it presents a theoretical foundation for understanding this group activity, past and present. The general insights of the role of interest groups under limited political […]
November 13, 2024
Authors: Wagner Pralon Mancuso, Andréa Cristina Oliveira Gozetto Abstract: Lobbying is an omnipresent phenomenon in Brazilian politics. It is present in every parliamentary or governmental decision that affects our public policies. However, this phenomenon has received very little attention from academia and society. The time has come to put interest […]
November 8, 2024
Autores: Mancuso WP, Resende CA da S, Silva LHR da, Prado JFV, Santos ALOA dos. Abstract: This paper addresses two central issues during the 55th legislature (2015-2019). First, the relationship between the instrumental and structural power of agribusiness and different aspects of parliamentary behavior, namely membership in standing committees and the […]
November 7, 2024
Author: Bruno César Prado Soares Abstract: The continuity of military police post-1988 has primarily been explored through the Armed Forces parliamentary lobby. a significant gap in our understanding of the expectations and institutional initiatives of military police forces during the democratization process. This thesis aims to address this lacuna by […]
November 5, 2024
Author: Manoel Santos Abstract: This work seeks to empirically verify whether the actions of interest groups influence the determination of political results in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. The paper seeks to measure the intensity of lobbying (independent variable) based on two measures: (i) the lobbying initiatives of the National […]
November 1, 2024
Author: PERSIO HENRIQUE BARROSO Abstract: This paper deals with popular participation in the constituent process carried out between February 1987 and October 1988, and also assesses whether or not such participation continued in the sequence of Brazilian political history, focusing on the implementation of the constitutional norms resulting from that […]
October 31, 2024
Author: JÚNIA ROSA SOARES Abstract: This master’s thesis is an effort to systematize knowledge about the phenomena of think tanks – relevant actors of the public policy universe – through a theoretical-descriptive study, with the use of literature search. The think tanks, research organizations and advice on public policy, are […]
October 30, 2024
Authors: Samantha Ribeiro Meyer-Pflug Alessandra de Andrade Serrazes Vitor Eduardo Tavares de Oliveira The reality of lobbying is inherent to the democratic rule of law, as the Brazilian Federal Constitution determines broad popular participation in decision-making. The need to legislate the matter is crucial for better control and transparency of […]
October 29, 2024
Author: Dulce Maria Baptista Qualitative research aimed at investigating information needs, as well as ways and mechanisms for obtaining it by Brazilian representative entities in their capacity as opinion makers. Such needs are related to the objectives of each entity and involve political and managerial aspects. The study mainly addresses […]
October 18, 2024
This dissertation will analyze two electoral campaign case studies: the “No” plebiscite that took place in Chile in 1988, when General Augusto Pinochet’s regime was defeated, and Lula’s victorious campaign in Brazil in 2002. The goal is to demonstrate how changes in political strategy, language, and aesthetics were fundamental to […]