Production of Policy-Related Information and Knowledge in Brazil: The State Government Agencies

Filgueiras, Cristina Almeida Cunha; Rocha, Carlos Alberto Vasconcelos

doi:10.1332/policypress/9781447306849.003.0008

Policy Analysis in Brazil 2013

DOI: 10.1332/policypress/9781447306849.003.0008

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Production of Policy-Related Information and Knowledge in Brazil: The State Government Agencies

Cristina Almeida Cunha Filgueiras¹,

Carlos Alberto Vasconcelos Rocha²

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“…The studies in Part II examine the production of policy analyses of bodies of the federal executive (MENDES RIBEIRO and INGLEZ-DIAS, 2013;PAES DE SOUZA and HELLMAN, 2013), state governments (FILGUEIRAS and ROCHA, 2013) Part IV is dedicated to the production of policy analysis in universities, research institutes and think-tanks. The latter are few and recent, having generally been established with a certain distance from political activity and social movements (TEIXEIRA, 2013).…”

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Policy Analysis in Brazil: Emergence and Institutionalisation

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Bras. Political Sci. Rev.

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G overnment decisions are taken based on circumstantiated studies and analyses of the policy in question. These studies, backed up by theory, research and good practices, indicate the alternatives available and their consequences, thus allowing the decision maker to choose with knowledge and confidence the most convenient programme or policy for the objectives proposed.Does this ideal, modern, rational world correspond to the practices of decision-makers? Is this comfortable situation, in which validated options are offered in order to inform decisions taken in the public and private spheres, the norm? That is not always the case. It is even less true if one considers all countries. This is because this ideal situation assumes that certain "normal" prerequisites will be in place, i.e. a degree of evolution in the process of modernisation of the state and a legalinstitutional framework that requires and legitimises processes of the type described; in short, the availability of technical and bureaucratic personnel endowed with competence and ability to manage the methods and instruments of policy analysis. However, such conditions cannot be created overnight. They result from long and complex processes of institutional development and the modernisation of organisations and procedures. Even then, it still takes time for those practices to become widespread and take root.What are the characteristics of the Brazilian practice of public policy analysis? This is the question that Policy Analysis in Brazil attempts to answer. The 18-chapter collection is edited by Jeni Vaitsman, José M. Ribeiro and Lenaura Lobato and was published in mid

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Policy Analysis in Brazil: Emergence and Institutionalisation

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Policy Analysis in Brazil: A Comparison of Rationalist and Argumentative Approaches

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2016

Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

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