Author: Ederson Prestes Santos Lima Abstract: This article discuss the context in which the Brazilian Liberal Institutes grown all over the 80’s as a movement linked to the changes that occurred in the communication channels between the Brazilian business community and the political elites, and how these institutes became the […]

Author: Andréa Cristina de Jesus Oliveira Abstract: This text aimed to discuss the action strategies used by DIAP (Inter-Union Department of Parliamentary Advisory), an entity that calls itself the workers’ lobby in the National Congress. DIAP’s history is intrinsically linked to the redemocratization process the country underwent. We thus evaluated […]

Author: SAMI STORCH Abstract: This dissertation intends to analyze the possibility of the non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) to exert, through the class actions in Justice, the social control on governmental bodies and its private agents, renders of public services. For this, one covers the origins of the civic associations in Brazil […]

Author: Dennison de Oliveira Abstract: The article discusses the origns and historical transformations of a central theme in debates related to economic development in contemporary Brazil: the causes and the forms of solving the so called “custo Brasil”. I analyse here the different uses of this expression that were made […]

Authors: Kevin E Davis and Michael J Trebilcock Abstract: This paper canvasses the theoretical and empirical literature concerning the role that legal institutions play in development. The first part outlines six influential theoretical perspectives on development and their implications for the relationship between law and development. The second part surveys […]

Author: Pérsio Henrique Barroso Abstract: This article discusses the relationship between pressure groups and political parties, aiming to undertake a review of the topic of pressure groups, addressing points such as the channels traditionally used, resources, and methods adopted by these groups in the National Congress and the National Constituent […]

Author: Ronie Garcia-Johnson Abstract: Winner of the 2000 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award given by the International Studies Association.A great deal of research has focused on the role of governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups in promoting environmental ideologies. Researchers and activists have generally assumed antienvironmental and antiregulatory stances on […]

Editors:: Gerardo CAETANO and Rubén M. PERINA  Abstract: The works gathered in this book are the result of the research program “The Role of Mercosur Parliaments in Democracy and Integration,” coordinated by CLAEH and sponsored by the OAS Unit for the Promotion of Democracy. Also participating in the institutional network […]

Author: PERSIO HENRIQUE BARROSO Abstract: This paper deals with popular participation in the constituent process carried out between February 1987 and October 1988, and also assesses whether or not such participation continued in the sequence of Brazilian political history, focusing on the implementation of the constitutional norms resulting from that […]

Author: SÉRGIO SATURNINO JANUÁRIO Abstract: This dissertation explains the forms of organization, action, and representation of the interests of entrepreneurs linked to tourism at the local level, specifically in Florianópolis, in the period from 1979 to 1995. To this end, it addresses the literature on local power and its characteristics […]

Author: Murillo de Aragão Abstract: This text aims to present a brief comparative overview of the advocacy actions of pressure groups during three distinct moments in recent Brazilian political history: the National Constituent Assembly, which took place between 1987 and 1988; the process known as Constitutional Review, which occurred between […]