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12 de March de 2019
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
1 de December de 2018
Autor: Jaime Barreiros Neto Abstract: The paper presents a retrospective of the changes that have taken place in the Brazilian political system since the promulgation of the 1988 Constitution, pointing out criticisms about the tendency of overvaluation of the reformist discourse in Brazilian democracy in the last 30 years.
11 de October de 2018
Book ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF BRAZILIAN POLITICS (Editor: Barry Ames) Author: Manoel Leonardo Santos Abstract: This chapter describes the structure and action of organized interests in the Brazilian political system. I trace the complex process of interest articulation, focusing on the period after the Constitution of 1988. Brazilian interest groups were […]
26 de July de 2018
Author: Sidney Jard da Silva Abstract: This study looks into the participation of unionist parliamentarians in the decision making process for the establishment of the Fundação de Previdência Complementar do Servidor Público Federal, during the first mandate of the Dilma Rousseff government. We formulated the research problem in the following […]