Author: HELGA PAULA PATRÍCIO FRANCO Abstract: The lobbying activity is very old, but only in recent years has been studied with more discretion, especially by the negative effect that crimes associated with the relationship between the public and private sector. In countries like the United States, Canada and in Europe […]

Author: Sheila Aggarwal-Khan Abstract: 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.

Author: Wagner Pralon Mancuso Abstract: Political parties and interest groups are instruments of mediation between society and the State that are present in all contemporary democracies. This article suggests answers to three questions: i) what is the specific nature of these organizations?; ii) what political activities do they perform?; and […]

Authors: Luiz Gustavo Bambini de Assis Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski (Advisor) Abstract: This thesis addresses the budgetary legislative process and how a reformulation of this activity exercised by Parliament can become an alternative to the limitations that this branch of government has suffered regarding its fundamental activities in the current conception […]

Author: Ana Paula Pedrosa Giglio Introduction: Lobbying can be understood as a very important tool to improve and preserve democracy. It is a way in which different groups can to let others know about their interests and provide information to the ones that will make political decisions. Unfortunately, people often […]

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 […]

Author: GRAZIELLA DO Ó ROCHA Abstract: Recently, a movement originated by entities of the third sector gave visibility to the role of companies in the maintenance of an old and hidden problem of the Brazilian society: the contemporary slavery. In this work, we stir up the reflection about the tools […]

Authors: Samantha Ribeiro Meyer-Pflug, Alessandra de Andrade Serrazes and 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 […]

Author: Elanir de Moraes Ribeiro Abstract: The dissertation analyzes the presence and the performance of black women in the representation politics in the State of Rio de Janeiro, taking as base of comparison the two last elections, 2002 and 2006. In these elections the candidates to the positions of state […]

Author: Adalberto Silveira Passos Abstract: This article analyzes the political debate concerning to the implantation of the digital TV in Brazil, taking as reference the speech of Hélio Costa, Brazilian Secretary of Communications, at the public hearing of the Committee on Science, Technology, Communication and Computer Science, of the House […]

Author: Lesley McAllister Abstract: 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 […]

Author: Rafael Pons Reis Abstract: This thesis main goal is to examine the performance of government agencies and interest groups in the formation of official position in the Brazilian Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol. So, what follows is an attempt to examine the extent to which the […]

Authors: Wagner Pralon Mancuso and Amâncio Jorge de Oliveira Abstract: The Brazilian business community became involved in a noteworthy process of organization and political mobilization throughout the 1990’s. Its action branched out into different areas, both in the domestic sphere, with the campaign for the reduction of the Brazil cost; […]

Author: Orozimbo José de Moraes Abstract: The purpose of this work is to analyse the environmental economics instruments, based in microeconomics and according to the policy matrix of The World Bank. Follow the evolution of environmental policy instruments from the firsth wave of comand and control instruments, the second wave […]

Authors: Marcionila Fernandes and Rosa Elizabeth Acevedo Marin  Abstract: The objective of this work is to understand the social relations involved in the collection and extraction of products from the Amazon rainforest, and to identify the extent to which populations possessing ethnobotanical knowledge are socially integrated. Among other issues, the […]

Author: Renato Lima de Oliveira Introduction: Engaging with the Legislative Branch is, and will always be, a major challenge for the Executive Branch. In every ministry, in every federal regulatory agency, and within the Presidency itself, Parliamentary Advisory Offices¹ have been established, playing a fundamental role in ensuring that this […]