A Brief History of the Development of Lobbying in Brazil
1 de December de 2005
The importance of the participation of legal institutions in the legislative drafting process – The example of the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in Constitutional Amendment No. 45
1 de January de 2006
Authors:
GUSTAVO HENRIQUE FIDELES TAGLIALEGNA and PAULO AFONSO FRANCISCO DE CARVALHO
Abstract:
This paper analyzes the role of pressure groups in the formulation of public policies in the National Congress. More specifically, it conducts a case study of the processing of the Biosafety Bill, which gave rise to Law No. 11,105 of 2005, the new Biosafety Law. The general objective of this work is to discuss the role played by pressure groups in the formulation of the new Biosafety Law, in light of theories that address the process of building public policies, which is divided into the phases of agenda setting, formulation, implementation, and evaluation. The case study of the processing of the Biosafety Bill shows that there was strong action by pressure groups, both against and in favor of the release of genetically modified organisms, and that these groups have links with sectors of the Federal Government, in line with neocorporatist theory. The study also concludes that, as advocated by Neoinstitutionalism, pressure groups use the institutional framework that regulates the
legislative process to guide their strategies.