Author: Lucas Luciano Kuhn Abstract: The study analyzed the regulation of lobbying in Chile through Law No. 20,730 and its influence on the legislative process of Law No. 21,595/2023, which deals with economic crimes. It also compared the Chilean experience with proposals for lobbying regulation in Brazil, especially Bill No. […]

Author: Ciro Antônio da Silva Resende Abstract: In democracies, citizens and groups have the right to defend their demands before decision-makers and, in doing so, seek to influence the political process. However, the capacity for influence among organized interests varies, as does access to decision-making arenas. Given this context, the […]

Author: Leonor Augusta Giovine Cordovil Abstract: The objective of this paper is to highlight the importance of considering the public interest in antidumping investigations, an analysis that cannot be carried out without the prior definition of criteria to be used by all WTO Members, thus avoiding discriminatory application. If the […]

Author: Manoel Leonardo Santo Abstract: For at least twenty years, legislative studies in Brazil have produced robust explanations of the role of the legislature in the Brazilian political system. However, despite the accumulated knowledge on the subject, one aspect has been systematically ignored: the role of interest groups in the […]

Author: Maycon Yuri Nascimento Costa Abstract: This article analyses the progress of Bill 5174/2019, which proposes amendments to Law No. 9,985/2000, focusing on conflicts of interest between groups represented by parliamentary fronts. The objective is to identify the factors that explain the approval of the proposal in the Senate and […]

Authors: Paulo Roberto Neves Costa, Tiago Junior Roks and Guatimozin de Oliveira Santos Filho. Abstract: This article sets out to analyze the characteristics of the entrepreneurial elite of the state of Paraná. Our use of typical methodologies for the study of elites and political culture, articulated for analysis of particular […]

Authors: Rui Fernando Correia Ferreira , Felipe Fróes Couto , Bruno de Almeida Vilela Abstract: The objective of this article was to analyze the modus operandi of influence strategy employed by JBS and Odebrecht to gain a competitive advantage in their relationship with the State. This work proposes an advancement […]

Authors: Mancuso WP, Resende CA da S, Silva LHR da, Prado JFV, Santos ALOA dos. Abstract: This paper addresses two central issues during the 55th legislature (2015-2019). First, the relationship between the instrumental and structural power of agribusiness and different aspects of parliamentary behavior, namely membership in standing committees and the […]

Author: Louise Ronconi de Nazareno Abstract: This thesis discusses the intertwining of three areas of social policies – social assistance, food and nutritional security, and income transfer programs – in the recent creation of the Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MDS), in the field of Brazilian social […]

Author: Alexandre de Moraes Introduction: This is a study focused on the difficulties of political representation as a support for Democracy. From a brief analysis of democratic notions and political representation, it will be seen that the crisis in popular representation and in the organization and functioning of political parties […]

Author: Felipe Bizinoto Abstract: The pressure groups born from the human need to live collectively. And inside of a political regime (especially a democratic one) that they play fundamental role in representing interests before public instances, especially the legislative and executive ones. This action (act or activity) consists of lobby, […]

Authors: Rui Fernando Correia Ferreira, Felipe Fróes Couto and Bruno de Almeida Vilela Abstract: The objective of this article was to analyze the modus operandi of influence strategy employed by JBS and Odebrecht to gain a competitive advantage in their relationship with the State. This work proposes an advancement in […]

Authors: Andréa Cristina Oliveira Gozetto, Clive S. Thomas Abstract: This article provides general and specific insights into Brazil’s developing interest group system. In doing so, it presents a theoretical foundation for understanding this group activity, past and present. The general insights of the role of interest groups under limited political […]

Authors: Wagner Pralon Mancuso, Andréa Cristina Oliveira Gozetto Abstract: Lobbying is an omnipresent phenomenon in Brazilian politics. It is present in every parliamentary or governmental decision that affects our public policies. However, this phenomenon has received very little attention from academia and society. The time has come to put interest […]