Bureaucratic careers in economic policy cabinets: São Paulo and Piauí states

• Grant number: 15/12655-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2015
• End date: June 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - State and Government
• Principal Investigator: George Avelino Filho
• Grantee: Amanda Frei Bontempi
• Host Institution: Escola de Economia de São Paulo (EESP). Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/15658-1 - Subnational political institutions: a comparative study of Brazilian States, AP.TEM

Abstract

This project analyzes the profile of bureaucrats in the agencies named above. It investigates how political appointments are filled and how this process influences the relationship between the Executive and the Legislative branches of each state. Specifically, it analyzes how public servants who belong to civil service careers obtain political appointments in the Economic Policy Cabinets of Piauí and São Paulo.