Authors: Mário Scheffer and Lígia Bahia Abstract: The Brazilian legislation regulates the financial donations from private sources to both majoritarian and proportional election candidates. Based on approaches found in the literature on the party-system structure and on the relationships between the Legislative and Executive, this study uses the categories political […]

Authors: Wagner Pralon Mancuso Andréa Cristina Oliveira Gozetto Abstract: This article analyzes the potential of lobbying as a democratic instrument of representation of interest. On the one hand, the article highlights the positive contributions of lobbying activities to the democratic process. On the other hand, the article identifies some problems […]

Authors: Wagner Pralon Mancuso and Andréa Cristina Oliveira Gozetto Abstract: The aim of this article is to discuss eight key issues related to lobbying activities: What is lobbying? Who lobbies? What are the main lobbyists targets? When do lobbyists tend to act? How do lobbyists usually act? What do lobbyists […]