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April 7, 2011

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

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 find our path as […]
December 30, 2007

Regulation of Lobbying Activities and Their Impact on Relations Between Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Interest Groups in the Public Policy Cycle: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Brazil

This Thesis approaches the behavior of the interest groups and its interactions with the bureaucracy and the politicians in the scope of the political systems of Brazil and the United States of America, aiming to make a comparative analysis of the respective pressure systems and the activities of lobbies in […]
November 22, 2005

The Blogs and the Mensalão Crisis: New Standards in Political Coverage

It discusses the role of blogs in covering the Mensalão crisis and analyzes the changes this internet tool brought to political news coverage. It explains the principles of the technology and presents studies that describe blogs as the foundation of citizen journalism, where “everyone is a reporter,” and news takes […]
October 28, 2005

A Brief History of the Development of Lobbying in Brazil

Author: Andréa Cristina de Jesus Oliveira Source: https://www12.senado.leg.br/ril/edicoes/42/168/ril_v42_n168_p29.pdf
March 10, 2005

The Lobby of Industry in the National Congress: Business and Politics in Contemporary Brazil

The article shows how reducing external factors affecting competitivity, known as “custo Brasil” (which may include the cost of hiring labor, taxes on exports or the poor state of transportation infrastructure), has become the center of industry’s political agenda. There follows a discussion of the current political situation of industrialists […]
June 7, 2004

The Industrial Lobby in Congress: Business Leaders and Politics in Contemporary Brazil

The article shows how reducing external factors affecting competitivity, known as “custo Brasil” (which may include the cost of hiring labor, taxes on exports or the poor state of transportation infrastructure), has become the center of industry’s political agenda. There follows a discussion of the current political situation of industrialists […]
February 18, 2004

BUILDING LAWS: THE CONSTRUCTORS AND PUBLIC SERVICE CONCESSIONS

Mancur Olson’s theory of collective action – especially his concepts of free-riding and exploitation of the great by the small – helps explain how Brazilian constructors’ organizations behaved while the federal legislation on concession of public services was being made. This article contributes to the study of the articulation of […]
July 7, 2000

The Search for Information by Representative Entities as Opinion Shapers: 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, […]