20 de December de 2021

CHRISTIAN LOBBY IN THE LAY STATE

Author: Maria Natália Girotto Nazari Abstract: The present assignment seeks to analyze the possibility of practicing Lobbying in Brazil, particularly in subjects advocated by the miscellaneous religions, before the fundamental constitutional protection of freedom of belief and worship. For this purpose, it present the correct conceptualization of each of this […]
3 de December de 2021

Opinions for Sale: Political Oppositions and Division of Intellectual Labor in the Media

Author: Allana Meirelles Vieira Abstract: This thesis aims to analyze the social conditions of the position-taking on the right-wing or left-wing of media intellectuals in contemporary Brazil. The proposal is to make their political positions sociologically intelligible, especially regarding two recent moments of crisis: the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff and […]
2 de November de 2021

FAKE NEWS: POLYSEMY AND MULTIVALENCE IN THE BRAZILIAN LEGISLATIVE POWER

Author: Maíra Martins Moraes  
11 de August de 2021

The Influence of Federal Institutions of Higher Education (IFES) on Budget Decisions in the National Congress: The Case of the University of Brasília (UNB) from 2000 to 2009

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30 de June de 2021

The Impacts of Constitutional Amendment No. 97 Regarding Party Fragmentation and Representation: An Analysis of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas/SP

Author: Guilherme Hansen Cirilo Abstract: This work discusses about the characteristics of the Democratic Rule of Law and the complex dynamics between voting and the sense of representativeness. It explains about the peculiarities of the majority Brazilin electoral system and the proportional system, especially the open list system, used in […]
28 de June de 2021

COMPARED ANALYSIS OF THE LOBBIES’ ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES IN THE CONSTITUENT PROCESS OF 1987-88

Author: Lucas Costa Abstract: In this article, we compare the different organizational strategies of interest groups in the areas of Education, Health and Work, during the constitutional process of 1987-88. We adapted the theories of lobbying coalition and social network graphs to emphasize the element of political cohesion and stability […]
10 de May de 2021

“Time to Learn”: Adherence and resistance to the program to correct the flow of the municipal education network in Juiz de Fora, MG

Author: Silvia Regina Benigno Silveira Abstract: The aim of this work is to show how the school flow correction policy happened-Project “Time to Learn” in the city of Juiz de Fora. We focused on identifying which were the social and political uses of this Project by diferente actors involved in […]
27 de April de 2021

Copyright Policy in Brazil: Coalitions, Lobbying, and Advocacy

Author: Nayara F. Macedo de Medeiros Albrecht Abstract: Copyright refers to the dimension of intellectual property that deals with culture, that is, the set of rights that apply to literary, artistic, and scientific works. As a field that moves a large volume of capital and income, discussions about public policies […]
26 de April de 2021

Organized Interests in the Permanent Committees of the Brazilian House of Representatives

Author: Ciro Antônio da Silva RESENDE ABSTRACT: This article seeks to identify which actors were present at the public hearings of the permanent committees of the Brazilian House of Representatives in the 53rd and 54th legislatures. Taking a descriptive analytic strategy, it verifies that the committee system was marked by […]
15 de April de 2021

AMICUS CURIAE IN THE 2015 CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE: ITS TWO FUNCTIONS

Author: Carolina Moraes Migliavacca Abstract: This work presents the reader with a modern interpretation of the amicus curiae institution. Aware of the decades-long existence of this form of third-party participation in other people’s legal proceedings within the Brazilian civil procedural system, the author advances an interpretation of the institution based […]
7 de April de 2021

UNLIKELY JOURNEY: THE STORY OF RENOVABR, THE SCHOOL THAT WANTS TO CHANGE POLITICS IN BRAZIL

Author: Eduardo Mufarej Abstract: How to make Brazil a less unequal, richer, and more self-confident country? According to the author, entrepreneur Eduardo Mufarej, the answer lies in politics. Mufarej, who was the CEO of the asset management firm Tarpon and the president of Somos Educação, argues that we will only […]
1 de April de 2021

The current Brazilian Federal pact and its political-party problems: promoting corruption and inefficiency in the allocation of public resources in coalition presidentialism

Author: Alexandre Barbosa Vieira Abstract: The evolution of the Brazilian federal pact leads to the current organic federalism with four federated entities: the Union, the member states, the Federal District, and the municipalities. The problem addressed in this article is the conflicts between these federated entities arising from the coalition […]
25 de March de 2021

BEYOND TRADE: MERCOSUR, DEMOCRACY AND REGIONAL SECURITY

Authors: Alexandre Fuccille, Bruno Theodoro Luciano and Regiane Nitsch Bressan Abstract: In the context of the 30 years of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), this article seeks to discuss how the bloc has contributed to democratic stability and the promotion of peace in the region since its creation. Although the […]
10 de March de 2021

Representation Crisis of Political Parties and the Feasibility of Implementing Independent Candidacy in Brazil

Author: Mateus Ruben Pereira Abstract: The study focuses on the crisis of political parties’ representativeness and the feasibility of independent candidacy in Brazil, based on bibliographic and dogmatic research, seeking theoretical concepts, principles, positive legal norms, and doctrinal and jurisprudential interpretations, as well as political and legal discussions related to […]
28 de January de 2021

Property Threats and the Politics of Anti-Statism: The Historical Roots of Contemporary Tax Systems in Latin America

Author: Gabriel Ondetti Abstract: Recent decades have seen large increases in taxation in Latin America. The average tax burden in the region has risen by almost a third since 2000 and now stands at more than 20% of gross domestic product (GDP). The conventional wisdom that Latin American tax systems […]
1 de January de 2021

POLITICS AND INTERESTS OF INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES IN THE CONTRACTIONIST CONJUNCTURE OF THE FIRST REPUBLIC (1898-1906): a prosopographical study of the Lower House

Authors: Sávio da Silva Abreu e Taís de Cássia Badaró Alves Abstract: This article assumes that the Federal Legislature constituted the strategic arena for the political game in the First Republic. Likewise, it considers the permeability of the State towards other interests that have not been reduced to the demands […]
1 de January de 2021

Lobbying and Pressure Groups in the Case of Dilma Rousseff’s Impeachment in 2016

Author: Daniel Máximo Góes de Lima Abstract: This paper aims to analyse the role of pressure groups in the outcome of the impeachment process that culminated in the prepone ending of former president Dilma Rousseff’s secondterm. To do so, firstly we approach the Brazilian political crisis that took place between […]
7 de December de 2020

Urban entrepreneurs in port revitalization projects in Rio de Janeiro

Author: Júlia Erminia Riscado Abstract: This article aims to analyze the performance of urban entrepreneurs in the Rio de Janeiro port area up to the implementation of the Porto Maravilha Project. Initially, the article addresses the theoretical references that guide studies about the place of interest groups in the process […]
29 de October de 2020

Lobbying and Communication: Integrating the narrative as a way of transformation

Authors: Paulo Nassar and Carlos Parente Abstract: In the book “Lobbying and Communication: Integrating Narrative as a Path to Transformation,” authors Paulo Nassar and Carlos Parente reflect on the importance of convergence between the areas of Institutional and Governmental Relations (RIG), Public Relations (PR), and Communication, focusing on narratives, management, business, […]
1 de October de 2020

The Contours of Lobbying in the Democratic State of Law: a constitutional analysis of the advocacy of organized social groups

Author: Paula Ferreira Kreitchmann Abstract: The characteristic borderline situation between what is right and wrong, fair or unfair, between legality or illegality, that stems from the relationship of state and organized groups for a particular interest, rouses the curiosity in many societies throughout the globe. With growing corruption scandals involving […]