March 1, 2020

Bill No. 1,202/2007 and the Regulation of Lobbying in Brazil: Consolidating an Existing Regulatory Framework

The regulation of the lobby in Brazil is a subject that carries increasing prominence, especially, considering the controversies that relate the activity with corruptive practices and that generate a negative image for the practice, which, in spite of any argument, finds legal support in the Brazilian legal order. After several […]
January 1, 2020

The action of the association of state military officers of Paraná as a pressure group in the national congress

January 1, 2020

PL No. 1,202/2007 and the Regulation of Lobbying in Brazil: consolidating an already existing normative context

January 1, 2020

Defense coalitions for a new development policy

January 1, 2020

The constitutionality of the barrier clause of Brazilian political parties from the perspective of independent candidacy

January 1, 2020

The birth of the control device over fake news: a Critical Discourse Analysis in the Social Communication Council of the National Congress

December 12, 2019

THE BIRTH OF THE FAKE NEWS CONTROL DEVICE: a Critical Discourse Analysis at the Social Communication Council of the National Congress

The purpose of this article is to understand, through the Critical Discourse Analysis, how the concept of fake news is being constructed by the national powers since the context in which the narratives about democracy and elections are the support of the discourses that justify the necessity to create devices […]
December 1, 2019

Lobbying, corruption, and influence peddling: defining concepts to understand the relevance of regulation

October 24, 2019

Culture, Power, and Democracy: The Lobby of Creative Industries on Copyright Policies in Brazil

May 10, 2019

Middle Classes or Average Classes? Globalization and Social Emergencies

May 9, 2019

Crisis of Representation in Brazilian Society in the 21st Century and Fundamental Rights: The constant attempts to exclude minorities by an increasingly fundamentalist government.

January 16, 2019

Businesspeople and Politics in Brazil

January 1, 2019

The right lives on the same side of the city: experts, polemicists, and journalists

January 1, 2019

Political Reform by the Judiciary: Notes on the Judicialization of Politics in the New Republic

January 1, 2019

Social Movements as Agents of Meaning Production: Case Studies in Argentina and Colombia

September 10, 2018

ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES OF THE EDUCATIONAL LOBBY IN THE 87-88 CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

The objective of this article is to show how Education interest groups are organized to defend antagonistic interests regarding the constitutional regulation of devices that define the allocation of public resources to private education. We support the existence of a theoretical model, based on the concept of centralization, which describes […]
September 10, 2018

Comprative analysis of organizational strategies of lobbies in the constituent process os 1987-88

The objective of this article is to show how Education interest groups are organized to defend antagonistic interests regarding the constitutional regulation of devices that define the allocation of public resources to private education. We support the existence of a theoretical model, based on the concept of centralization, which describes […]
August 26, 2013

EDUCATION PRESSURE GROUPS AND THE DEMOCRATIC MANAGEMENT LAW

This master’s thesis, as an integral part of the Post-Graduate Program in Education of the University of Brasilia (UnB), follows the Line of Research related to Public Policy and Management in Education. The aim of this paper was to investigate the participation of lobbyists in the legislative process which culminated […]
March 7, 2013

The Workers’ Trade Union Organizations and the Constituent Process of 1987-88: A Study on DIAP’s Role

The goal of this dissertation is to analyze the performance of the Department of Inter Parliamentary Advisory (Departamento Intersindical de Assessoria Parlamentar) (DIAP) in the constituent process of 1987-88. The organization was able to unify the consensual demands of the working class, uniting in a single project for the Constituent […]
April 23, 2011

THE SEARCH FOR INFORMATION BY REPRESENTATIVE ENTITIES AS OPINION LEADERS: A MANAGERIAL PROBLEM

Qualitative research with the purpose of investigating information needs as well as the forms and mechanisms for its procurement by representative institutions in their role of opinion makers. Such needs are related to each entity’s objectives and involve political and managerial aspects. The study deals mainly with the managerial aspects, […]