Issue-area and horizontalization in Brazilian Foreign Policy: variations in the decision-making process during the Cardoso governments

• Grant number: 17/03988-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2017
• End date: February 28, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - International Politics
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Janina Onuki
• Grantee: Martin Egon Maitino
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The project intends to evaluate the effect of issue-area variation on the concentration of decision power in the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs . Based on previous literature on horizontalization and incorporating elements from the fields of bureaucratic politics and presidential studies, the research proposes a group of common determinants that potentially influence greater participation by the Presidency or other ministries in the definition of a given policy. These serve as control factors for the evaluation of the effect of issue-area variation. The hypothesis proposed is that the degree of horizontalization of a given decision in Brazilian foreign policy is affected by the degree of politicization of the issue, by the urgency of the response, by the technical character of the discussion and by its issue-area. In order to test this initial hypothesis, the project proposes a structured comparison of a group of decisions during the Fernando Henrique Cardoso government (1994-2002). The case selection will be made through the method of Most Similar Systems Design (Seawright and Gerring, 2008), highlighting the issue-area variation and searching for similarity in the control variables. The case studies will be analyzed through a process tracing method (Collier 2011), triangulating information between secondary sources, documentary sources, oral history archives and interviews to be done with relevant actors. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MARTIN EGON MAITINO. Temática e Pluralização na Política Externa Brasileira: Um Estudo Exploratório dos Processos Decisórios no Governo Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Dados, v. 67, n. 4, 2023-12-22. (20/07387-1, 17/03988-8)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MAITINO, Martin Egon. Issue-area and horizontalization in Brazilian foreign policy: an exploratory study of decision-making processes in the Fernando Henrique Cardoso government. 2019. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.