Marcella Monteiro De Souza E Silva
Biographic Data
| ID | 2544853 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcella Monteiro De Souza E Silva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcella Monteiro De Souza E |
| FAMILY NAME | Silva |
| SIGNATURE | SILVA M M S E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oklahoma |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5588-9420 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Beyond dismantling: Institutional hardball tactics and the policy process under democratic backsliding
Based on the Institutional Hardball Framework (IHF), this article introduces five hardball tactics to explain how illiberal populist leaders reshape policy processes amid democratic backsliding. Departing from traditional theories of policy change—grounded in assumptions of liberal democracy, institutional stability, and pluralism—the IHF conceptualizes institutional hardball as the strategic weakening, circumvention, or instrumentalization of de…
Democratic backsliding and the challenges for public administration scholarship
This article explores the implications of democratic backsliding for public administration (PA), both as a discipline and as a research subject, using Brazil as an exemplary case. Grounded in two experiences of conducting empirical research on the federal bureaucracy during the Bolsonaro administration (2019–2022), we argue for the need to understand the complexities involved in studying PA—particularly bureaucrats—during democratic backsliding. …
Public Policy in Democratic Backsliding: How Illiberal Populists Engage with the Policy Process
Qualitative Comparative Policy Studies: An Introduction from the Special Section Editors
This inaugural article delineates the vision and scope of the new section "Qualitative Comparative Policy Studies" of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. The co-editors present the five key features of the section: the comparative, the transnational, the relational, the global, and the self-reflective. Concretely, they invite contributions on qualitative empirical research that (i) is comparative in its methods and interpretive framework,…
Incorporating Time into Policy Transfer Studies: A Comparative Analysis of the Transnational Policy Process of Conditional Cash Transfers and Participatory Budgeting
The policy transfer literature has addressed the reasons, processes, and impacts of traveling policies. As some globally diffused policies enter their third decade of circulation, it becomes pertinent to ask: How does diffusion change over time? To examine the relevance of time for policy transfer studies, this article compares the long-lasting diffusion of Conditional Cash Transfers and of Participatory Budgeting. The analysis presented allows f…
Policy dismantling by capacity manipulation in a context of democratic backsliding: The bureaucracy in disarray in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
The policy dismantling framework was developed to account for processes involving the reduction or termination of existing policies, especially in the so-called advanced democracies. However, is the model proposed by policy dismantling scholars applicable to contexts of democratic backsliding such as Bolsonaro’s Brazil? Do those contexts offer new elements to their analytical model? This article addresses those questions by analyzing the case of …
South-South Cooperation through the Lenses of Bureaucrats: Peripheral Policy Transfers
As Brazil makes it to international headlines with its new official stance against human rights and environmental protection, one can hardly imagine that the country was, at one point, engaged in human rights cooperation in the Global South. Most of these projects were outside of the media’s radar, as they were low-budget initiatives developed in small and poor countries. One might reasonably ask: Why engage in small, low-profile projects on marg…
An Intrastate Approach to the Withdrawal from International Organizations: The Case of Brazil and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
When international organizations take measures that seem to go against the national interests of a Member State, is withdrawal inevitable? What do past cases reveal about how the extreme decision of withdrawal has been contained? This article examines the case of Brazil and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which is part of the Organization of American States ( OAS ). Having received a harsh decision by the Commission, Brazil first t…
South–South cooperation resilience in Brazil: Presidential leadership, institutions and bureaucracies
The article seeks to contribute to the interdisciplinary literature on South–South cooperation (SSC) promoted by Brazil. By delving into both quantitative and qualitative data, the article presents an outlook on the last 20 years of Brazilian SSC projects and addresses the role of some domestic factors in this process. Data analysis reveals that presidential leadership and institutional-bureaucratic factors are important for a more comprehensive …
Conditional cash transfers and improved education quality: A political search for the policy link
Construção do corpo: Implicações Em Um Caso De Psicose Infantil
Policy dismantling by capacity manipulation in a context of democratic backsliding: The bureaucracy in disarray in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
The policy dismantling framework was developed to account for processes involving the reduction or termination of existing policies, especially in the so-called advanced democracies. However, is the model proposed by policy dismantling scholars applicable to contexts of democratic backsliding such as Bolsonaro’s Brazil? Do those contexts offer new elements to their analytical model? This article addresses those questions by analyzing the case of …
Qualitative Comparative Policy Studies: An Introduction from the Special Section Editors
This inaugural article delineates the vision and scope of the new section "Qualitative Comparative Policy Studies" of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. The co-editors present the five key features of the section: the comparative, the transnational, the relational, the global, and the self-reflective. Concretely, they invite contributions on qualitative empirical research that (i) is comparative in its methods and interpretive framework,…
Incorporating Time into Policy Transfer Studies: A Comparative Analysis of the Transnational Policy Process of Conditional Cash Transfers and Participatory Budgeting
The policy transfer literature has addressed the reasons, processes, and impacts of traveling policies. As some globally diffused policies enter their third decade of circulation, it becomes pertinent to ask: How does diffusion change over time? To examine the relevance of time for policy transfer studies, this article compares the long-lasting diffusion of Conditional Cash Transfers and of Participatory Budgeting. The analysis presented allows f…
South–South cooperation resilience in Brazil: Presidential leadership, institutions and bureaucracies
The article seeks to contribute to the interdisciplinary literature on South–South cooperation (SSC) promoted by Brazil. By delving into both quantitative and qualitative data, the article presents an outlook on the last 20 years of Brazilian SSC projects and addresses the role of some domestic factors in this process. Data analysis reveals that presidential leadership and institutional-bureaucratic factors are important for a more comprehensive …
An Intrastate Approach to the Withdrawal from International Organizations: The Case of Brazil and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
When international organizations take measures that seem to go against the national interests of a Member State, is withdrawal inevitable? What do past cases reveal about how the extreme decision of withdrawal has been contained? This article examines the case of Brazil and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which is part of the Organization of American States ( OAS ). Having received a harsh decision by the Commission, Brazil first t…
Construção do corpo: Implicações Em Um Caso De Psicose Infantil
Conditional cash transfers and improved education quality: A political search for the policy link
An Intrastate Approach to the Withdrawal from International Organizations: The Case of Brazil and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
When international organizations take measures that seem to go against the national interests of a Member State, is withdrawal inevitable? What do past cases reveal about how the extreme decision of withdrawal has been contained? This article examines the case of Brazil and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which is part of the Organization of American States ( OAS ). Having received a harsh decision by the Commission, Brazil first t…
South–South cooperation resilience in Brazil: Presidential leadership, institutions and bureaucracies
The article seeks to contribute to the interdisciplinary literature on South–South cooperation (SSC) promoted by Brazil. By delving into both quantitative and qualitative data, the article presents an outlook on the last 20 years of Brazilian SSC projects and addresses the role of some domestic factors in this process. Data analysis reveals that presidential leadership and institutional-bureaucratic factors are important for a more comprehensive …
Policy dismantling by capacity manipulation in a context of democratic backsliding: The bureaucracy in disarray in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
The policy dismantling framework was developed to account for processes involving the reduction or termination of existing policies, especially in the so-called advanced democracies. However, is the model proposed by policy dismantling scholars applicable to contexts of democratic backsliding such as Bolsonaro’s Brazil? Do those contexts offer new elements to their analytical model? This article addresses those questions by analyzing the case of …
South-South Cooperation through the Lenses of Bureaucrats: Peripheral Policy Transfers
As Brazil makes it to international headlines with its new official stance against human rights and environmental protection, one can hardly imagine that the country was, at one point, engaged in human rights cooperation in the Global South. Most of these projects were outside of the media’s radar, as they were low-budget initiatives developed in small and poor countries. One might reasonably ask: Why engage in small, low-profile projects on marg…
Incorporating Time into Policy Transfer Studies: A Comparative Analysis of the Transnational Policy Process of Conditional Cash Transfers and Participatory Budgeting
The policy transfer literature has addressed the reasons, processes, and impacts of traveling policies. As some globally diffused policies enter their third decade of circulation, it becomes pertinent to ask: How does diffusion change over time? To examine the relevance of time for policy transfer studies, this article compares the long-lasting diffusion of Conditional Cash Transfers and of Participatory Budgeting. The analysis presented allows f…
Public Policy in Democratic Backsliding: How Illiberal Populists Engage with the Policy Process
Qualitative Comparative Policy Studies: An Introduction from the Special Section Editors
This inaugural article delineates the vision and scope of the new section "Qualitative Comparative Policy Studies" of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. The co-editors present the five key features of the section: the comparative, the transnational, the relational, the global, and the self-reflective. Concretely, they invite contributions on qualitative empirical research that (i) is comparative in its methods and interpretive framework,…
Democratic backsliding and the challenges for public administration scholarship
This article explores the implications of democratic backsliding for public administration (PA), both as a discipline and as a research subject, using Brazil as an exemplary case. Grounded in two experiences of conducting empirical research on the federal bureaucracy during the Bolsonaro administration (2019–2022), we argue for the need to understand the complexities involved in studying PA—particularly bureaucrats—during democratic backsliding. …
Beyond dismantling: Institutional hardball tactics and the policy process under democratic backsliding
Based on the Institutional Hardball Framework (IHF), this article introduces five hardball tactics to explain how illiberal populist leaders reshape policy processes amid democratic backsliding. Departing from traditional theories of policy change—grounded in assumptions of liberal democracy, institutional stability, and pluralism—the IHF conceptualizes institutional hardball as the strategic weakening, circumvention, or instrumentalization of de…
Political science (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Policy Transfer and Learning (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Bureaucracy (3 works)