The study analyses bureaucratic capacity in Brazil's and Argentina's federal governments by applying the concept of state capacity. To capture the capacity civil servants the study investigated dimensions such as professionalization, qualification, promotion rules, and recruitment mechanisms for...

Celina Souza analyzes two Brazilian mechanisms designed to improve local deliberative democracy: participatory budgeting and community councils. She addresses two questions: how these experiences are being implemented and how sustainably. She argues that despite the uneven capability of local...

Este estudo analisa a capacidade burocrática dos governos federais da Argentina e do Brasil a partir do conceito de capacidade do Estado. Foram investigadas a profissionalização, a qualificação, as regras para promoção e a forma de recrutamento dos servidores. Este Texto para Discussão...

Although there have been deep changes in the federation as a consequence of redemocratization and decentralization, Brazil continues to exhibit profound imbalances among regions. These imbalances create contradictions and tensions in Brazilian federalism. The central problem addressed in this...