Quem decide? Formação da agenda e formulação de políticas no executivo federal

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In this work, we will analyze the routines and protocols, as well as the agents and the organizations, that are decisive in the agenda-setting and in the formulation of government policies at the Executive Branch. The analysis is based on two cases: the Ministry of National Integration (MI) and the Ministry of Social Development (MDS). We use documents and data collected in 28 semi-directive interviews with members of top-level positions in each Ministry and in the Presidency of the Republic. We argue that the agenda-setting is divided into two parts: the President's priority agenda and ministers' agenda. However, the policy formulation - including the priority - almost always takes place at the ministerial level. The bureaucracy of experts is indispensable to formulate any policy but acts through political delegation, not by their own. Ministers play a pivotal role in setting the agenda, but the ideological intra-coalition conflict - manifested by parties with heterogeneous preferences - is no obstacle to the President, who can push ahead with the agenda of his interest.

Object Details

• Language: Portugiesisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Texto para Discussão ; No. 2400

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Structure and Scope of Government: Other
• Subject: federal Executive Branch ; Presidency of the Republic ; coalitional presidentialism ; public policy ; government process in Brazil

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Lopez, Felix ; Borges, Jacqueline ; Silva, Noëlle
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)
• (where): Brasília
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/211351
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET