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 information on...

This paper examines the discussions that took place during the 2007 National Social Welfare Forum (Forum Nacional da Previdência Social, FNPS) which aimed at discussing long-term reforms to the General Social Security System (Regime Geral da Previdência Social, RGPS). The forum brought...

In this paper, we discuss new data on party affiliations within ministries to characterize party-political appointments in high- and mid-level bureaucracy, from 1999 to 2018. We argue that party cleavages within these organizational structures are significant and, to analyze the variation...

Este trabalho analisa a relação entre estrutura social e valores da sociedade brasileira com base em dados coletados, em novembro de 2012, por meio de amostra nacional composta por 3.772 pessoas. Além de examinar o efeito de variáveis tradicionais – como renda e escolaridade –, o plano...

O texto analisa os debates ocorridos durante o Fórum Nacional da Previdência Social (FNPS), em 2007, que teve por objetivo discutir reformas de longo prazo para o sistema previdenciário brasileiro. O fórum congregou representantes das principais instituições de empregadores, trabalhadores...

Com base em 53 entrevistas semidiretivas, este texto analisa percepções de gestores da alta burocracia federal quanto à decisão de implementar políticas públicas por meio da cooperação com organizações não governamentais (ONGs). Sistematiza-se os motivos que justificam a cooperação,...

This study analyses the political correlates of the use of provisionary decrees (medidas provisórias) by Brazilian presidents in law-making. It is argued that the intense use of this legislative tool reflects a tacit delegation of agenda powers from the Congress to the Executive branch, and...

This study analyses the political correlates of the use of provisionary decrees (medidas provisórias) by Brazilian presidents in law-making. It is argued that the intense use of this legislative tool reflects a tacit delegation of agenda powers from the Congress to the Executive branch, and...

This paper describes and analyses political representation at the local level, with emphasis on the representative's choice between adopting clientelistic or universalistic practices. Based on a non-representative sample of 112 local representatives from twelve municipalities of Minas Gerais, we...

This study explains the intensity of redistributive policies of Latin American leftist governments during the so-called "left turn" in the region. Based on theoretical models that analyze the implications of inequality in democracies with different economic and institutional structures, it...