Grupos de pressão e minorias: interesse comum como conceito-regulador do dilema da democracia-liberal : o caso da política de cotas

A partir do entendimento do interesse comum como um conceito-regulador, o trabalho discute a tensão presente no sistema democrático-liberal no ponto em que o individualismo liberal e a igualdade democrática se fazem mais presentes. Isto é, no momento em que a vontade comum se dissocia da vontade particular ao mesmo tempo em que ambas se advogam o direito de serem atendidas. O estudo tem como ponto de partida a herança liberal e sua fusão com a democracia. É feita uma classificação das políticas de interesse dos grupos de pressão para avaliar o particularismo nelas presente. Comenta a ação afirmativa da política de cotas para exemplificar e ilustrar a discussão precedente.

The Politics of Internet Regulation in Brazil : dynamics, factors, and actors in broadband policy

In May 2010, Brazil joined the roll of nations with a National Broadband Plan. The Decree nº 7,175/2010 had implemented a program that aimed to offer 30 million permanent broadband accesses until 2014 and established its main goals, such as accelerating economic and social development, promoting digital inclusion, reducing social and regional inequalities, promoting a generation of employment and income, and expanding electronic government services. However, the broadband access in Brazil is limited, expensive, and centralized in the main urban centres. Despite the fast growth in the past years due to mobile internet access, the market is still concentrated in the local incumbent operators that currently provide mobile services, landline services and Paid-TV services, resulting in a high level of market verticalization. The following dissertation investigates the constraint of broadband access development, the dynamics, the actors, and the factors that have delayed the roll-out of broadband services in Brazil. The study also promotes reflections about the challenge posed by the media, by costumers associations and by public opinion as critical observers of the policy making process. This research examines on the political influence towards regulation to determine the way policy will benefit interest groups. Many interviews have been conducted in order to understand the forces which have been acting in the telecommunications in Brazil after privatization, in 1998. This study aims to provide a better understanding of telecommunications regulatory process in Brazil, in order to help the country finding an adequate policy which can lead to the implementation of a broadband roll-out. The universal broadband access is the only way to benefit the whole society in Brazil with a satisfactory level of education and create more jobs and economic development regarding the plenty use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).