Políticas de C&T e desenvolvimento regional no Estado de São Paulo

Abstract

The aim of this dissertation is to identify evidences for which the recent Science, Technology and Innovation Policy of São Paulo State is incorporating regional development issues and what role it plays in the success of social and economic development in São Paulo regions. The literature review and empirical data converges to the identification of a new policy of Regional Development for Sao Paulo State and its microregions. This new policy has science, technology and innovation (STI) as its main tool. STI is capable for generating and adding value to productive sector and ensures appropriation of knowledge and income produced in the region. The main result of this dissertation is to identify the relationship between geographical proximity, the formation of human resources and knowledge generation, and the presence of the productive sector, as key variables for the success of regional development policies.

Good Bye, Liberal-Legal Democracy!

“…Some focus on how existing norms and architectures of political power may enable or constrain the routine and sophisticated use of law to undermine liberal democracy that we now must confront. As noted, Ginsburg and Huq (2018) identify gaps in the US legal system that make this country vulnerable to democratic decay, while Oscar Vieira, Rubens Glezer, and Ana Laura Barbosa (forthcoming) argue that the Brazilian Constitution, which adopts a presidential and multiparty system, made Brazil more resilient to Bolsonaro’s autocratic intentions. In their account, this system forces chief executives to negotiate with diverse political factions and build a congressional coalition with which they can rule.…”

“…For example, drawing from their vast expertise in comparative constitutional design, Ginsburg and Huq (2018) propose changes in US legal texts and jurisprudence that could close the gaps they identify. Vieira and colleagues (forthcoming) suggest legal reforms that could prevent, for example, the capture of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Brazil by the executive, which was one of the main triumphs accomplished by Bolsonaro that allowed him to rule with fewer constraints.…”

“…As noted, Bolsonaro was unable to pass major constitutional and statutory reform to entrench himself in power. Yet he and others that he appointed made copious use of executive and regulatory orders to routinely bypass congressional oversight (Vieira, Glezer, and Barbosa, forthcoming; Vieira et al, forthcoming).…”

“…The other sources look more closely and explicitly at the role of law in processes of democratic backsliding. These texts include the seminal articles on autocratic legalism (law-centered tactics used by rising autocrats to concentrate power) by Javier Corrales (2015) and Kim Lane Scheppele (2018) and emerging studies of Brazil, India, South Africa, Hungary, and the United States (Ginsburg and Huq 2018; McCann and Kahraman 2021; Verfassung und Recht in Übersee/World Comparative Law , forthcoming; Vieira et al, forthcoming). These works present different perspectives and insights, but here I focus on two of their main contributions to the literature analyzed in this essay.…”

“…PAL also developed a Podcast (PALcast) in which some of the scholars featured in this essay were interviewed. Project outputs already include an essay in the Annual Review of Law and the Social Science (de Sa e Silva 2022), proceedings of a roundtable on India in the Jindal Global Law Review (Das Acevedo 2022), a book with in-depth analyses on Brazil (Vieira et al, forthcoming), and a special issue with studies on Brazil, India, South Africa, Hungary, and the United States ( Verfassung und Recht in Übersee/World Comparative Law , forthcoming).…”