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1 de January de 2011
Author: Laura Mariana de Freitas Porto ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to define what is lobby and describe the action of groups of interests and of pressure, based on the premise that it is a legitimate activity under the Federal Constitution and is inherent to the democratic State, […]
1 de January de 2011
Author: HELGA PAULA PATRÍCIO FRANCO Abstract: The lobbying activity is very old, but only in recent years has been studied with more discretion, especially by the negative effect that crimes associated with the relationship between the public and private sector. In countries like the United States, Canada and in Europe […]
1 de January de 2011
Author: Sheila Aggarwal-Khan Abstract: This book questions the practices in the policy processes of international institutions. It looks at the formal and informal practices that are routinely undertaken as part of the structure of international policy processes, and analyses how people behave and with what outcome for international environmental governance.
29 de October de 2010
Author: Maria José da Silva Fernandes Abstract: This study presents an analysis of one of the mechanisms of cohesion, cataphoric reference, which is characterized by introducing a referring expression before presenting its textual referent; in other words, an entity is evoked before being introduced into the cotext. The objective of […]
13 de May de 2010
Author: Wagner Pralon Mancuso Abstract: This chapter examines the political strategies adopted by industrial entrepreneurs in their campaign for reducing the so-called ‘Brazil cost’ (custo Brasil) — which refers to factors and conditions that are perceived as hindering competitiveness — and the outcomes achieved through this campaign. It covers a […]
4 de May de 2010
Author: Wagner Pralon Mancuso Abstract: Political parties and interest groups are instruments of mediation between society and the State that are present in all contemporary democracies. This article suggests answers to three questions: i) what is the specific nature of these organizations?; ii) what political activities do they perform?; and […]
12 de February de 2010
Authors: Luiz Gustavo Bambini de Assis Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski (Advisor) Abstract: This thesis addresses the budgetary legislative process and how a reformulation of this activity exercised by Parliament can become an alternative to the limitations that this branch of government has suffered regarding its fundamental activities in the current conception […]
1 de January de 2010
Author: Júlio José de Araújo Filho Abstract: During this period, from 2000 to 2009, with the increasing massification of higher education, societal demands – large campuses and expensive maintenance, decentralization of courses – and at the same time the decrease in financial, material, and human resources, competition among Federal Institutions […]
1 de April de 2009
Author: Ana Paula Pedrosa Giglio Introduction: Lobbying can be understood as a very important tool to improve and preserve democracy. It is a way in which different groups can to let others know about their interests and provide information to the ones that will make political decisions. Unfortunately, people often […]
1 de January de 2009
Author: JÚNIA ROSA SOARES Abstract: This master’s thesis is an effort to systematize knowledge about the phenomena of think tanks – relevant actors of the public policy universe – through a theoretical-descriptive study, with the use of literature search. The think tanks, research organizations and advice on public policy, are […]
1 de January de 2009
Author: GRAZIELLA DO Ó ROCHA Abstract: Recently, a movement originated by entities of the third sector gave visibility to the role of companies in the maintenance of an old and hidden problem of the Brazilian society: the contemporary slavery. In this work, we stir up the reflection about the tools […]
22 de November de 2008
Authors: Samantha Ribeiro Meyer-Pflug, Alessandra de Andrade Serrazes and Vitor Eduardo Tavares de Oliveira The reality of lobbying is inherent to the democratic rule of law, as the Brazilian Federal Constitution determines broad popular participation in decision-making. The need to legislate the matter is crucial for better control and transparency […]
20 de August de 2008
Author: Elanir de Moraes Ribeiro Abstract: The dissertation analyzes the presence and the performance of black women in the representation politics in the State of Rio de Janeiro, taking as base of comparison the two last elections, 2002 and 2006. In these elections the candidates to the positions of state […]
1 de August de 2008
Author: Adalberto Silveira Passos Abstract: This article analyzes the political debate concerning to the implantation of the digital TV in Brazil, taking as reference the speech of Hélio Costa, Brazilian Secretary of Communications, at the public hearing of the Committee on Science, Technology, Communication and Computer Science, of the House […]
30 de May de 2008
Author: Lesley McAllister Abstract: Although many developing countries have environmental statutes, regulations, and resolutions on the books, these laws are rarely enforced and often ignored. Making Law Matter presents the first book-length treatment of an innovative prosecutorial institution, the Brazilian Ministrio Publico, which refashioned itself in the 1980s into a […]