Author: Patricia Espinoza Revollo Abstract: This thesis investigates the emergence of an indigenous middle class between 1975 and 2010 in Bolivia – a country characterized by poor and unstable long-term economic growth, high inequality, and enduring ethnic and class cleavages. The study takes a twotiered approach. It focuses first on […]

Book DIREITO, POLÍTICA E DEMOCRACIA: Reflexões sobre a reforma do sistema político (Editor: Eneida Desiree Salgado) Authors: Claudio Roberto Barbosa Filho and Vitor André Brandão Müller Abstract: Identifying the practice of lobbying groups in the country’s legislative bodies is necessary to delineate the idea of ​​lobbying and demystify, academically and […]

Authors: Flávia Cristina Silveira Lemos, Dolores Galindo, Daiane Gasparetto da Silva, Marcelo Moraes Moreira and Bruno Jay Mercês de Lima ABSTRACT: This article examines the practices of resistance to gags in democratic contexts. The institutional crisis of global and Brazilian democracies was accompanied by movements that have not ceased to […]

Author: HELOISA DE CARVALHO FEITOSA VALADARES Abstract: This dissertation aims to analyze the alleged crisis of representativeness experienced in Brazil and discussed by theorists simultaneously. The representation, figure from the scope of private law, is maximum example paradoxes of democracy, originally intended as a Government of the people. Their integration […]

Author: Lucas Nascimento Ferraz Costa Abstract: This paper introduces an interpretation regarding the existence of a performance pattern among the pressure groups during the constituent process of 1987-88, as well as its implication in determining the lobbies’ success. We support that the lobby in the period was divided into two […]

Authors: Thiago Ribeiro Rafagnin and Guilherme Camargo Massaú Abstract: The article aims to address the (in)effectiveness of popular initiative laws. Provided for in the Federal Constitution of 1988 (Article 14, III), the popular initiative is an opening for direct participation of people in decisions relating to state government. However, the […]

Author: Marcelo Gómez Abstract: The expansion of the middle classes in Latin America is associated with an increase in the use of challenging collective action against left populist governments in recent years. In the case of Argentina, the middle classes have conducted a persistent street protest strongly opposed to Cristina […]

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 […]

Author: Telma Hoyler Abstract: Highlighting São Paulo, the article historically recovers the real estate development to the present day, makes a critical revision on the production ever undertaken on the subject and outlines future research prospects, pointing to the urgency of introducing political categories of analysis. From the review of […]

Author: Manoel Leonardo Santos Abstract: This work seeks to empirically verify whether the actions of interest groups influence the determination of political outcomes in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. The paper aims to measure the intensity of lobbying (independent variable) using two measures: (i) the lobbying initiatives of the National […]

Author: Antonio Sa Abstract: The dissertation addresses the problem of the Rule of Law in Brazil. It combines a theoretical discussion about constitution making and democracy with an analysis of the process of constitution making in 1987 – 1988 during the transition from Authoritarian Rule to democracy in Brazil. At […]

Author: Enio Zampieri Abstract: The National Congress’s institutional work is based on a structure of standing committees. Various pressure groups working directly in the decision-making process of the standing committees,exert influence actions to defend the interests of its members. The article compares the features of the theoretical models distributive, informational […]

Author: Alexandre Sanson Abstract: In contemporary reality, it is necessary to analyze interest groups and, specifically, their actions in the political sphere through pressure, which reflect the role of organized civil society, through microcosms of action, in fulfilling popular aspirations across various sectors of life, functioning as instruments for the […]

Author: Lucas Nascimento Ferraz Costa Abstract: The objective of this dissertation is to analyze the role of the Inter-Union Department of Parliamentary Advisory (DIAP) in the 1987-88 constituent process. The organization was able to unify the consensual demands of the working class, uniting the politically divided trade union entities of […]