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October 31, 2024

THINK TANKS: SYSTEMIC ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE RELEVANT TO PUBLIC POLICY IN BRAZIL

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

THE POSSIBILITY OF LOBBY REGULATION IN BRAZIL

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

THE SEARCH FOR INFORMATION BY REPRESENTATIVE ENTITIES AS OPINION FORMERS: A MANAGEMENT PROBLEM

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 22, 2024

Legal reforms and development

This paper canvasses the theoretical and empirical literature concerning the role that legal institutions play in development. The first part outlines six influential theoretical perspectives on development and their implications for the relationship between law and development. The second part surveys the relevant empirical literature. There is surprisingly little conclusive […]
October 22, 2024

The Policy Process in International Environmental Governance

This book questions the practices in the policy processes of international institutions. It looks at the formal and informal practices that are routinely undertaken as part of the structure of international policy processes, and analyses how people behave and with what outcome for international environmental governance. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230354036
October 22, 2024

The Policy Process in International Environmental Governance

This book questions the practices in the policy processes of international institutions. It looks at the formal and informal practices that are routinely undertaken as part of the structure of international policy processes, and analyses how people behave and with what outcome for international environmental governance. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230354036
October 22, 2024

Legal reforms and development

This paper canvasses the theoretical and empirical literature concerning the role that legal institutions play in development. The first part outlines six influential theoretical perspectives on development and their implications for the relationship between law and development. The second part surveys the relevant empirical literature. There is surprisingly little conclusive […]
October 22, 2024

Legal reforms and development

This paper canvasses the theoretical and empirical literature concerning the role that legal institutions play in development. The first part outlines six influential theoretical perspectives on development and their implications for the relationship between law and development. The second part surveys the relevant empirical literature. There is surprisingly little conclusive […]
October 21, 2024

Making law matter: environmental protection and legal institutions in Brazil

Although many developing countries have environmental statutes, regulations, and resolutions on the books, these laws are rarely enforced and often ignored. Making Law Matter presents the first book-length treatment of an innovative prosecutorial institution, the Brazilian Ministrio Publico, which refashioned itself in the 1980s into a powerful defender of citizen rights in […]
October 21, 2024

Making law matter: environmental protection and legal institutions in Brazil

Although many developing countries have environmental statutes, regulations, and resolutions on the books, these laws are rarely enforced and often ignored. Making Law Matter presents the first book-length treatment of an innovative prosecutorial institution, the Brazilian Ministrio Publico, which refashioned itself in the 1980s into a powerful defender of citizen rights in […]
October 18, 2024

Disruptive elections: the 1988 Chilean NO plebiscite and Lula’s 2002 campaign

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 […]