This paper addresses the relationship between social structure and social values in the Brazilian society in light of survey data from a national sample of 3,772 respondents. In addition to examining traditional variables – such as income and education –, the analysis incorporated...

The aim of the paper is to analyze the impact of the General Social Security System (RGPS) on regional disparities in Brazil. The study examines the impact of social security on regional income distribution at different scales by means of econometric tests, and conventional measures of...

The progressive international visibility provided by mega sports events hosted by Rio de Janeiro has exposed public managers to extremes of the art of managing. If on the one hand, the fact provides the means for determining the economic growth and the achievement of the desired productivity, on...

This study deals with state action through the analysis of the main administrative instruments with planning and budgeting, aiming to illustrate the different characteristics between the planning and budgeting instruments under the multi-annual perspective and to present possible risks of...

The text highlights the character of sectorial public policies in the cultural area segment and the main challenges to be faced in the construction of its budget, namely, the difficulty of delimiting the object and comparing the federation’s entities, since they have different logics and,...

The theme of this research is the rights of indigenous peoples and the budgetary instruments for their materialization. The expansion of the constitutional duties of the Brazilian state in the past 30 years, given the pluriculturality and the knowledge of the cultural specificities of indigenous...

Offset agreements represent a mechanism widely used by national governments, from which they pursue economic, commercial, industrial and technological benefits. It is the most popular and sophisticated counter-trade instrument, underpinning government procurement policy, involving a wide range...

It should be emphasized the role assumed by government procurement policy in the list of public policies since this mechanism can be used to achieve a wide range of objectives. Moreover, this importance becomes even more evident when the high proportion of government purchasing power vis-à-vis...

The Single Registry for Social Programs of the Federal Government (Cadastro Único) was created in December 2001 and has become a central instrument of public policy, first for the Bolsa Família Program (PBF) and later serving to articulate and integrate numerous other actions, both federal and...

Indigenous peoples of different ethnic groups have occupied areas of Brazilian territory since a period before the Brazilian State. On numerous occasions, these peoples were forced to withdraw from areas they occupied. For these reasons, the Statute of the Indigenous and the Federal Constitution...