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 […]

This study intends to analyze the movement of the Deaf community along the process for the Libras Language institutionalization, from 1990 to 2002, from the perspective of the Political Process (TPP), with a special focus on the Repertory of Action with lobbying tactics. The core of the research lies in […]

Being a very recent event in history, studies on internet and politics have flourished in the beginning of the 21st century. Specifically on the absorption and use of this tool by the legislative branch, which is the main focus of this thesis, Cristina Leston-Bandeira (2007) states that we know little […]

This dissertation highlights the promotion of tourism in the Parnaíba River Delta, and more specifically in Ilha Grande de Santa Isabel, Piauí state, Brazil. The research explores the transformations experienced by the island community related to the emergence of old and new tourism practices (federal tourism promotion, real estate/investment and […]

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 […]

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 […]