Policy analysis in Brazil / edited by Jeni Vaitsman, José Mendes Ribeiro and Lenaura Lobato.

Policy analysis in Brazil is the first book to paint a comprehensive panorama of policy analysis activities in Brazil. It brings together 18 studies by leading Brazilian social scientists on policy analysis as a widespread activity and offers key insights into the practice of this field.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Vaitsman, Jeni, 1950- (Editor), Ribeiro, José Mendes (Editor), Lobato, Lenaura de Vasconcelos Costa (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2013.
Series:International library of policy analysis.
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Table of Contents:
  • Policy analysis in Brazil: the state of the art
  • PART ONE: STYLES AND METHODS OF POLICY ANALYSIS IN BRAZIL. Professionalisation of policy analysis in Brazil
  • Policy analysis styles in Brazil
  • Modernisation of the state and bureaucratic capacity-building in the Brazilian Federal Government
  • PART TWO: POLICY ANALYSIS BY GOVERNMENTS AND THE LEGISLATURE. Policy analysis and governance innovations in the federal government
  • Policy monitoring and evaluation systems: recent advances in Brazil's federal public administration
  • Privatisation and policy decision-making in Brazil
  • Production of policy-related information and knowledge in Brazil: the state government agencies
  • Policy analysis at the municipal level of government
  • The role of the Brazilian legislature in the public policy decision-making process
  • PART THREE: PARTIES, COUNCILS, INTEREST GROUPS AND ADVOCACY-BASED POLICY ANALYSIS. Brazil's National Council for Social Assistance and the policy community supporting social assistance as a right
  • Brazil's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic: integrating prevention and treatment
  • Media and policy analysis in Brazil: the process of policy production, reception and analysis through the media
  • Parties and public policy: programmatic formulation and political processing of constitutional amendments
  • Business associations and public policy analysis
  • Policy analysis in non-governmental organisations and the implementation of pro-diversity policies
  • PART FOUR: ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE-BASED POLICY ANALYSIS. Expert community and sectoral policy: the Brazilian Sanitary Reform
  • Brazilian think tanks: between the past and the future
  • Policy analysis by academic institutions in Rio de Janeiro State
  • Postgraduate instruction and policy analysis training in Brazil.