Policy Analysis in Brazil

Vaitsman, Jeni, Ribeiro, Jose M.

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781447306849
• eBook ISBN: 9781447311492
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politique et relations internationales
• Subtopic: Politique publique

Policy analysis in Brazil is part of the International Library of Policy Analysis and is the first book to paint a comprehensive panorama of policy analysis activities in Brazil. Highlighting the unique features of the Brazilian example, it brings together 18 studies by leading Brazilian social scientists on policy analysis as a widespread activity pursued in a variety of policy fields and through different methods by governmental and non-governmental institutions and actors. It shows how policy analysis emerged as part of Brazilian state-building from the 1930s onwards. With the democratisation process of the late 1980s, policy analysis began to include innovative elements of social participation in public management. This unique book offers key insights into the practice of this field and is indispensable reading for scholars, policy makers and students of the social sciences interested in learning how policy analysis developed and functions in Brazil.

Table of contents

• Policy analysis in Brazil
• Contents
• List of tables and figures
• Notes on contributors
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Policy analysis in Brazil: the state of the art
• 2. Professionalisation of policy analysis in Brazil
• 3. Policy analysis styles in Brazil
• 4. Modernisation of the state and bureaucratic capacity-building in the Brazilian Federal Government
• 5. Policy analysis and governance innovations in the federal government
• 6. Policy monitoring and evaluation systems: recent advances in Brazil’s federal public administration
• 7. Privatisation and policy decision-making in Brazil
• 8. Production of policy-related information and knowledge in Brazil: the state government agencies
• 9. Policy analysis at the municipal level of government
• 10. The role of the Brazilian legislature in the public policy decision-making process
• 11. Brazil’s National Council for Social Assistance and the policy community supporting social assistance as a right
• 12. Brazil’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic: integrating prevention and treatment
• 13. Media and policy analysis in Brazil: the process of policy production, reception and analysis through the media
• 14. Parties and public policy: programmatic formulation and political processing of constitutional amendments
• 15. Business associations and public policy analysis
• 16. Policy analysis in non-governmental organisations and the implementation of pro-diversity policies
• 17. Expert community and sectoral policy: the Brazilian Sanitary Reform
• 18. Brazilian think tanks: between the past and the future
• 19. Policy analysis by academic institutions in Rio de Janeiro State
• 20. Postgraduate instruction and policy analysis training in Brazil
• Index