The goal of the chapter is to discuss the ways of state action in Brazil since Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) to Dilma … role reserved to the State and the instruments of action of the public sector. The Cardoso government adopted the liberal …, based on the reduction of the state's role, control of the finances of subnational governments and the subordination of …

the new millennium, as an intrinsic and strategic function of the Brazilian State. On this tune, launches concrete …

with the institutional dimension, in particular the role of the State, of government coalitions, of various public … profiles in the formulation and implementation of policies. From the interactions established between State, institutions and …

The law and development literature has been drawing attention to a new type of state action in economy. Departing from … this analysis, this paper intends to evaluate in both ways, qualitative and vertical, how the Brazilian state has been …). Assuming that there is a new type of state activism, this paper wonder whether this activism has been able to generate a sort …

both political and State agendas. Hence, the present study intends to initiate a new cycle of debates regarding the issue … between State and Society - contemplating topics such as organization of the state apparatus, governmental planning …

- Bonfinópolis de Minas and Brasilândia de Minas, in the state of Minas Gerais, and Ourém and Santa Izabel do Pará, in Pará - which … analyzed express a set of methods aimed at understanding the dynamics surrounding the State in action, demonstrating concrete …