Entrepreneurs, interests and representation: ruptures and continuities in the entrepreneurs' performances from the Constituent Assembly of 1987- 88

• Grant number: 14/04369-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: August 18, 2014
• End date: February 17, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - State and Government
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Garuti Noronha
• Grantee: Mariele Troiano
• Supervisor: Mahrukh Doctor
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Hull, England
• Associated to the scholarship: 11/21793-3 - Entrepreneurs, interests and representation: ruptures and continuities of the performance of the entrepreneurs' class from the constitutional assembly of 1987-88, BP.DR

Abstract

The PhD research aims to analyse how the interests of Brazilian entrepreneurs are represented in the Legislative branch, during the first Fernando Henrique Cardoso government (1999-2002) and first and second Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva governments (2003-2010). In this stage of my PhD research, it will be examined economic bills and their main characteristics: authors, authors profile, political parties, parties' cohesion, and parties' leaders. It will reject or not reject the hypothesis that there is a logical of Brazilian Legislative in maintaining of entrepreneurs' interests. So, it will be mentioned ruptures between selected governments. Also, it will demonstrate that institutions are fundamental to define actors' interests, mainly, in economic activities. Extensive bibliography, databases, bills, provisional measure, association's documents, and newspaper will be used as methodological sources. (AU)