Editorial

Abstract

A series of internal and external bureaucratic circumstances have led me to once again take part in the editorial of this special edition, which focuses on the analysis of public policies. It's an easy editorial to write since the presentation that follows clearly illustrates the content of this edition of the Cadernos EBAPE.BR. Conceived in 2003, the publication of special editions became a fixed part of the journal's editorial line from 2005 onwards. This latest edition concentrates on public policies, a theme central to the dictates of a State that wants to influence the future of a nation. Despite the wave of neoliberalism that has washed over the different shores of the Pacha Mama, the Brazilian State has, since the beginning of this new century and until recently, sought to use public policies to intervene in its process of development. However, and still coherent with the editorial line of the Cadernos EBAPE.BR, the implementation of public policies cannot be left to the whims of their proponents, that is, the governments in power at the time, and it is important that such policies first be analyzed from a critical perspective that helps clarify their essential goals and contradictions. The Cadernos EBAPE.BR journal has therefore invited Prof. Francisco Fonseca, of the Getulio Vargas Foundation's / School of Business Administration of São Paulo (FGV-EAESP) to contribute to this special edition.