Federalismo e relações intergovernamentais no Brasil: a reforma de programas sociais

The article analyses the process of reform in four areas of social policies that affect directly the interests of sub-national governments: basic education, social housing programs, basic sanitation and health. As the study reveals, despite the varying degree of success achieved in the various policy initiatives and contrary to the expectations of the prevailing interpretations of the nature of Brazilian federalism, the federal government faced no insurmountable hurdles in implementing their reform agenda. The study aims at demonstrating that (i) in the absence of any constitutional mandatory requirement, the political autonomy of local governments - typical of federative States - actually enhances the veto power of local governments over policy initiatives proposed by the federal Executive branch. However, (ii) power resources available to the federal Executive branch - such as agenda definition and vetoing powers - in addition to control over resources that are essential to the political survival of the representatives increase the chances of success-of the federal government. Furthermore, (1999), (iii) the constitutional authority of Brazilian states is far more limited than that of the North-American states; (iv) the category federalism, however, is not sufficient to define the potential stability of specific policies, which depends upon how inter-governmental relations are structured in each particular policy. Specifically, (v) constitutional rules, legacies from previous policies and the political cycle frame the decision arenas in various ways, thus conditioning both the strategies and chances of success of the federative players.

Estado e administração pública no pensamento social brasileiro

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Reflexões sobre o território do futebol e a Copa do Mundo FIFA 2014 no Brasil

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Os acervos históricos: guardar para que e para quem?

Neste texto discutirei a relação entre os acervos históricos e a sociedade, destacando a positividade a eles atribuída, por estarem associados a uma perspectiva de construtores do patrimônio coletivo, de denso valor simbólico. Indagar sobre essa relação é uma das preocupações expressas neste texto, pois entendo que a dita relação carrega, por um lado, as ambigüidades e os conflitos de interesses que perpassam a sociedade, embora esses mesmos legados sirvam para agregar e manter a comunhão de sentido entre os seus membros e, por outro, estão intimamente articulados aos circuitos do poder, considerando-se que emergem no âmbito de projetos de conformação da Nação.

Processos culturais e literários na configuração das personagens Brás Cubas e Napumoceno

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Incríveis legados da 'reforma universitária' de 1968

This article examines aspects of policies for higher education during the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship (1964-1985) and some of its legacies that persist in the decades of 1990 and 2000. The text was divided into two parts: the first one analyses the "university reform" of 1968 and its historical context; the second discusses how some features configure certain trend in policies for higher education, with traces maintained until today. Finally, this amazing continuity is evaluated through four axes of analysis – 1) Fragmentation of education and different access to the levels and stages of teaching; 2) Deformation of the inseparability of teaching, research and extension; 3) Privatization as official policy for higher education; 4) Authoritarianism and systematic repression in institutions of higher education – and it is supported the need to resist and be opposed to the dominant project of policy for higher education in Brazil.

Entre improvisos e desafios: do cururu como cosmovisão de grupos caipiras do Médio Tietê, SP

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