This paper aims to make a conceptual analysis of what can be understood as evidences in the so-called evidence-based policymaking (EBP) approach. It proposes a general method of analysis inspired by the mature work of the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, who does not seek logically...

This is a bibliometric and bibliographic study based on researches about Maria da Penha Law (Law no 11.343/2006) enforcement. It was developed from a literature review for a research project named O Poder Judiciário no enfrentamento à violência doméstica e familiar contra mulheres (CNJ;...

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...

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,...

This text investigates how public policies focused on racial equality were inserted in the governmental agenda and how they were implemented by the Brazilian federal government from 2000 to 2014. The research strategy was a case study, using process tracing to analyze the facts in this period....

This paper uses the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study to investigate the direct and indirect effect of beliefs of others on respondent's own beliefs and on their individual consumer sentiment. In a new online consumer survey with randomized control trials (RCTs) in Thailand and Vietnam, we...

Last summer visitors to the Oslo opera house were met with the following announcement: "Here comes the "Opera Commons" explaining: "Operaallmenningen", the Opera Commons, "will be a multi-functional meeting place for cultural events, recreational activities and people passing through." The...

The book titled The Collaborative Economy in Action: European Perspectives is one of the important outcomes of the COST Action CA16121, From Sharing to Caring: Examining the Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy (short name: Sharing and Caring; sharingandcaring.eu) that was active...

The term collaborative economy (CE) itself is relatively new, and according to the European Commission, the term is used interchangeably with the term sharing economy (SE). The term SE was frequently used when early models, such as Airbnb or ZipCar, appeared and gained popularity, especially in...

Millions of South Africans in thousands of demonstrations have protested the unequal allocation of public services. Despite the African National Congress's promise to reduce the disparities generated by apartheid, the level of public services remains highly uneven across the country. Most...