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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Estudos Avançados (IEA) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
bachelor's at Ciência Sociais from Universidade de São Paulo (1970), master's at Política e Governo from University of Essex (1972) and doctorate at Science Politics from Universidade de São Paulo (1978). Has experience in Science Politics, acting on the following subjects: democracia, cultura politica, teoria democratica, instituições democráticas and direitos politicos. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The aim of this project is to analyze the quality and functioning of the Brazilian democratic system focusing on two of its main dimensions. The first concerns political representation, with an emphasis on electoral institutions and the organization of interests. The project aims to investigate the effectiveness of the representative system as to its ability to integrate citizens and thei…
Democracy is relatively consolidated in Brazil - most of the experts agree. However, the country faces a paradox: democratic institutions are subject to a continuous and widespread citizens' political distrust. Even if the democratic regime is supported by the majority of the Brazilian society, nearly 2/3 of Brazilian citizens do not trust politicians, parliaments, political parties, exec…
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Public prosecutors and judges in countries as different as Brazil, Spain, Moldova, Czech Republic, and Ukraine have used controversial tactics in the fight against corruption. Disclosing classified information to the media, wiretapping suspects without a judicial warrant, and conducting arrests based on generic considerations are among the tactics used by public authorities, whose concern…
The Car Wash Operation is considered the biggest initiative conducted to fight corruption in Brazil due to its significant results and impacts on multiple Brazilian democracy fields. The investigation of the corruption and money laundering scheme mainly in the state company Petrobras involving public and private agents and political parties was, and still is, the focus of many studies and…
Coalition theories applied to governments developed during the last decades a vast literature so as to provide huge theoretical knowledge and tools for the analysis of formation, maintenance and breakdown of this kind of governments. Nevertheless, these studies were focused especially on parliamentary systems and left away the study of this phenomenon on presidential regimes. On another h…
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We assume that subjectivities have an important role in decision making processes, as well as it organizes the mental maps of the public actors involved in these processes, including aspects on public accountability concerning to the delivery of public policies. Thus, the problem proposed to be investigated is placed as a paradox for democratic performance: in representative democracies, …
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