4 de September de 2019

Obstacles to the prominence of parliamentary fronts in presidential coalitions in Brazil.

Authors: Silvio Cascione and Suely Mara Vaz Guimarães de Araújo Abstract: The objective of this article is to propose new methods for measuring the size and degree of institutionalization of thematic parliamentary fronts in order to investigate their role in building coalitions in the National Congress. The research started from […]
1 de August de 2019

Patterns of collective action by the industrial business sector in Brazil: the legislative agenda of the CNI in 2017.

Author: Igor Sulaiman Said Felicio Borck Abstract: The objective of this research was to discuss the logic of the collective action of Brazilian industrial entrepreneurs, represented by CNI, in light of the theories that discuss the collective action of organized business groups in Brazil. As research object, we took the […]
25 de June de 2019

THE PRESSURE GROUPS IN THE PROCESS OF THE PROFUT (LAW 13,155/2015)

Author: Wagner Matias Abstract: The present study seeks to map the pressure groups that actively participated in the National Congress during the process of Law 13,155 / 2015, as well as to present the characteristics and interests served throughout this process. It is an exploratory research, of qualitative character, being […]
17 de June de 2019

Public policies, participatory budgeting, and democratic representation in the digital age.

Authors: Ana Elizabeth Neirao Reymao, Felipe Augusto Hanemann Coimbra and Lise Vieira da Costa Tupiassu Merlin Abstract: The construction of public policies is influenced by several factors, which imply the importance of the State carrying out planning, taking into account the financial aspects materialized by the budget. Participatory budgeting is […]
17 de June de 2019

PUBLIC POLICIES, PARTICIPATORY BUDGET AND DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Authors: Ana Elizabeth Neirao Reymao, Felipe Augusto Hanemann Coimbra and Lise Vieira da Costa Tupiassu Merlin Abstract: The construction of public policies is influenced by several factors, which implies the importance of the State to carry out a planning, taking into account the financial aspects materialized by the budget. Participatory […]
3 de June de 2019

Political reform through the judiciary: notes on the judicialization of politics in the New Republic.

Author: Theófilo Codeço Machado Rodrigues Abstract: The judicialization of politics has become a recurring theme in the “New Republic” field of study. With emphasis on some of the proposals for political reform under debate in the last twenty years, this article presents five situations in which the Judiciary was called […]
9 de May de 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.

16 de April de 2019

Middle Classes or Average Classes? Globalization and Social Emergencies

Author: Hugo Neira Samanez Abstract: The middle class is playing a decisive role in sociopolitical life in the early decades of this century. Nevertheless it remains an extremely complex problematics. The peruvian middle class (with money but without symbolic capital) is treated last. This paper starts with a macro explanation […]
12 de March de 2019

Coalition Presidentialism in Brazil and the Implications of the Party-Electoral System

Author: Camilo Machado de Miranda Porto Abstract: The present work analyzes the functioning of the system of government adopted in Brazil, characterized by coalition presidentialism, conjugated to the federal model of state, with multiparty system and voting system and proportional representation. As a result, the consistent problem arises whether or […]
20 de February de 2019

The political success of the agricultural sector in contemporary Brazil.

Author: LUCAS HENRIQUE RIBEIRO DA SILVA Abstract: Although the behavior of interest groups is one of the most traditional research subjects in the Political Science, the Brazilian literature about the topic is still incipient. The size of researches is relatively small and grows slowly at the recent years. The most […]
13 de February de 2019

The Perception of Parliamentarians from Rio Grande do Norte Regarding Lobbying and the Power of Influence of Pressure Groups

Authors: Gabriel Lacerda de Paula e César Ricardo Maia de Vasconcelos Abstract: The present article of theoretical discussion has as purpose to approach studies related to influence activity from Lobby and Pressure Groups. In order to do so, we have analyzed, essentially, articles from classic journals on the subject, with […]
13 de February de 2019

The Perception of Parliamentarians from Rio Grande do Norte Regarding Lobbying and the Power of Influence of Pressure Groups

Authors: Gabriel Lacerda de Paula and César Ricardo Maia de Vasconcelos ABSTRACT: The present article of theoretical discussion has as purpose to approach studies related to influence activity from Lobby and Pressure Groups. In order to do so, we have analyzed, essentially, articles from classic journals on the subject, with […]
29 de January de 2019

Political reform through the judiciary: notes on the judicialization of politics in the New Republic.

Author: Theófilo Codeço Machado Rodrigues Abstract: The judicialization of politics has become a recurring theme in the “New Republic” field of study. With emphasis on some of the proposals for political reform under debate in the last twenty years, this article presents five situations in which the Judiciary was called […]
29 de January de 2019

Political reform through the judiciary: notes on the judicialization of politics in the New Republic

Author: Theófilo Codeço Machado Rodrigues Abstract: The judicialization of politics has become a recurring theme in the “New Republic” field of study. With emphasis on some of the proposals for political reform under debate in the last twenty years, this article presents five situations in which the Judiciary was called […]
1 de January de 2019

Politics in neoliberalism: Latin American experiences

Author: Carlos Eduardo Ruiz Encina Abstract: This book explores the cultural dimension of neoliberal capitalist transformation, examining the changing status of politics in society. To this end, it traces its development, distinguishing its constitution as a doctrine from its materialization as a specific political process; revealing, in turn, how this […]
1 de January de 2019

Does Strength Bring Unity? The Contextual Rationality of Proportional Coalitions in Brazil (2010-2018)

Author: LUIZ EDUARDO GARCIA DA SILVA Abstract: The thesis of “contextual rationality” produced during decade of 1980 constitutes a truly field of research opportunity not fully explored inside the Institutionalist theoretical ground. Aligned with the Rational Choice Theory which postulates that actors aim to maximize their own gains, the contextualization […]
1 de January de 2019

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

Authors: Dmitri Cerboncini Fernandes and Allana Meirelles Vieira Abstract: In this paper, we intend to circumscribe the social space occupied by the right‑wing mediatic intellectuals that supported the impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff between 2015 and 2016. We consider the relations established between them and the political, academic, economic […]
1 de January de 2019

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

1 de January de 2019

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

Author: Marcelo Gómez Abstract: The so-called framing theory, or interpretive frameworks for understanding the phenomena of mobilization, protest, organization, and contentious collective action, has been developed in academic research for three decades. Twenty-nine years ago, David Snow’s article, “Framing Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Participation in Movements,” was published in the […]
1 de January de 2019

Presidentialism of Coalition in Motion

Editors: Giovana Perlin and Manoel Leonardo Santos Abstract: “Coalition Presidentialism in Motion” is a collection of articles by researchers affiliated with the Postgraduate Program in Political Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and the Professional Master’s Program in Legislative Power at the Center for Training and Development […]