A associação de questões aos partidos políticos e as eleições presidenciais no Brasil

Uma questão central em uma democracia é descobrir o que leva os eleitores a decidir por um candidato em vez de outro. Em democracias já estabelecidas, fatores como a identificação partidária e o elevado nível de informações disponíveis durante a campanha diminuem a possibilidade de persuasão dos eleitores. Já nas novas democracias, como é o caso do Brasil, acredita-se que a identificação partidária é baixa e, por conta disso, os eleitores têm dificuldades em associar determinadas questões aos partidos políticos. No presente artigo busca-se verificar se há indícios da associação de questões aos partidos políticos durante as campanhas presidenciais no Brasil de 2002 a 2010

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).