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January 6, 2025

Income Protection for Vulnerable Groups During the Pandemic in Brazil and Chile: The Relevance of Policy Trajectories and Governance Arrangements

Authors: Maria Clara Oliveira and Sergio Simoni Junior Abstract: How can we understand the variation in countries’ responses to the Covid-19 pandemic crisis in the context of income protection policies for vulnerable families? This article provides a comparative presentation and discussion of the measures put in place in Brazil and Chile in 2020. […]
February 18, 2022

Activism and the Far Right in the Military: Tensions and Discourses Preceding Bolsonarism (1984-1998)

This article analyzes military activism throughout the Brazilian democratization process. This phenomenon has been present since the 1980s, although it has not been properly explored until Jair Bolsonaro’s rise to power. It was broadcast by interest groups and political pressure groups. These, organized throughout the country and led mostly by […]
March 1, 2020

Bill No. 1,202/2007 and the Regulation of Lobbying in Brazil: Consolidating an Existing Regulatory Framework

The regulation of the lobby in Brazil is a subject that carries increasing prominence, especially, considering the controversies that relate the activity with corruptive practices and that generate a negative image for the practice, which, in spite of any argument, finds legal support in the Brazilian legal order. After several […]
March 10, 2005

The Lobby of Industry in the National Congress: Business and Politics in Contemporary Brazil

The article shows how reducing external factors affecting competitivity, known as “custo Brasil” (which may include the cost of hiring labor, taxes on exports or the poor state of transportation infrastructure), has become the center of industry’s political agenda. There follows a discussion of the current political situation of industrialists […]