Luciana De Souza Leão
Biographic Data
| ID | 277401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luciana De Souza Leão |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luciana De Souza |
| FAMILY NAME | Leão |
| SIGNATURE | LEÃO L S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7528-4306 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain
Neoliberalism is often studied as a political ideology, a government program, and even as a pattern of cultural identities. However, less attention is paid to the specific institutional resources employed by neoliberal administrations, which have resulted in the configuration of a neoliberal state model. This accessible volume compiles original essays on the neoliberal era in Latin America and Spain, exploring subjects such as neoliberal public p…
The Political Work of 'Culture' in Struggles to Reform the Mexican State
This article addresses the question of how state officials promote reform and generate buy-in absent sanctioning power. We examine how, in such cases, reformers deploy culture as a 'category of practice' to articulate political projects, direct resources and energies, and make certain reform efforts possible. Drawing on participant observation and 120 in-depth interviews, we examine culture-talk and culture-work within efforts aimed at implementi…
Agents of Reform
Changing structure of school to work transition in Brazil
This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the changing structure and consequences of the links between the educational system and labor markets in Brazil in the past 30 years. Using the linkages methodology proposed by DiPrete et al. (2017) and Elbers (2021), we identify changes in education-occupation linkage that were offset by Brazil's rapid educational expansion, distinguishing between changes in rates and changes in the structure of school…
Optics of the State
Sociological studies stress how state legibility serves as a form of control. Often overlooked is how states differ in their will to control and how this difference shapes legibility projects. To account for this variation, this article proposes a three-dimensional analytical framework to study legibility from a comparative perspective, illustrating it with an in-depth analysis of how Brazil and Mexico rendered poor families visible to implement …
Similar gaps, different paths? Comparing racial inequalities among BA holders in Brazil and the United States
In this article, we compare how racial inequalities are shaped by school-to-work transitions among bachelor’s degree (BA) holders in Brazil and the United States. Our findings reveal how distinct paths linking higher education and the job market can drive similar patterns of Black–White earnings gaps. While the distribution across fields of study matters more for racial earnings inequality in Brazil, differential returns to the same field and occ…
What's on trial? The making of field experiments in international development
In the last 20 years, the drive for evidence-based policymaking has been coupled with a concurrent push for the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as the "gold-standard" for generating rigorous evidence on whether or not development interventions work. Drawing on content analysis of 63 development RCTs and 4 years of participant observation, I provide a rich description of the diverse set of actors and the transnational organizational eff…
Searching under the streetlight
The rise of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in international development in historical perspective
State, Third Sector, and the Political Sphere in Brazil
This article examines the recent development of the relationship between the state and third sector organizations (TSOs) in Brazil and the role of the political sphere in this process. The steady increase in fund transfers, impartial resource allocation, and the greater permeability of decision-making bodies to TSOs—in the Public Policy Management Councils (Conselhos Nacionais de Políticas Públicas)—indicate a trend of declining political inequal…
The rise of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in international development in historical perspective
Optics of the State
Sociological studies stress how state legibility serves as a form of control. Often overlooked is how states differ in their will to control and how this difference shapes legibility projects. To account for this variation, this article proposes a three-dimensional analytical framework to study legibility from a comparative perspective, illustrating it with an in-depth analysis of how Brazil and Mexico rendered poor families visible to implement …
Similar gaps, different paths? Comparing racial inequalities among BA holders in Brazil and the United States
In this article, we compare how racial inequalities are shaped by school-to-work transitions among bachelor’s degree (BA) holders in Brazil and the United States. Our findings reveal how distinct paths linking higher education and the job market can drive similar patterns of Black–White earnings gaps. While the distribution across fields of study matters more for racial earnings inequality in Brazil, differential returns to the same field and occ…
Searching under the streetlight
What's on trial? The making of field experiments in international development
In the last 20 years, the drive for evidence-based policymaking has been coupled with a concurrent push for the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as the "gold-standard" for generating rigorous evidence on whether or not development interventions work. Drawing on content analysis of 63 development RCTs and 4 years of participant observation, I provide a rich description of the diverse set of actors and the transnational organizational eff…
The Political Work of 'Culture' in Struggles to Reform the Mexican State
This article addresses the question of how state officials promote reform and generate buy-in absent sanctioning power. We examine how, in such cases, reformers deploy culture as a 'category of practice' to articulate political projects, direct resources and energies, and make certain reform efforts possible. Drawing on participant observation and 120 in-depth interviews, we examine culture-talk and culture-work within efforts aimed at implementi…
State, Third Sector, and the Political Sphere in Brazil
This article examines the recent development of the relationship between the state and third sector organizations (TSOs) in Brazil and the role of the political sphere in this process. The steady increase in fund transfers, impartial resource allocation, and the greater permeability of decision-making bodies to TSOs—in the Public Policy Management Councils (Conselhos Nacionais de Políticas Públicas)—indicate a trend of declining political inequal…
Changing structure of school to work transition in Brazil
This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the changing structure and consequences of the links between the educational system and labor markets in Brazil in the past 30 years. Using the linkages methodology proposed by DiPrete et al. (2017) and Elbers (2021), we identify changes in education-occupation linkage that were offset by Brazil's rapid educational expansion, distinguishing between changes in rates and changes in the structure of school…
State, Third Sector, and the Political Sphere in Brazil
This article examines the recent development of the relationship between the state and third sector organizations (TSOs) in Brazil and the role of the political sphere in this process. The steady increase in fund transfers, impartial resource allocation, and the greater permeability of decision-making bodies to TSOs—in the Public Policy Management Councils (Conselhos Nacionais de Políticas Públicas)—indicate a trend of declining political inequal…
Searching under the streetlight
The rise of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in international development in historical perspective
What's on trial? The making of field experiments in international development
In the last 20 years, the drive for evidence-based policymaking has been coupled with a concurrent push for the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as the "gold-standard" for generating rigorous evidence on whether or not development interventions work. Drawing on content analysis of 63 development RCTs and 4 years of participant observation, I provide a rich description of the diverse set of actors and the transnational organizational eff…
Similar gaps, different paths? Comparing racial inequalities among BA holders in Brazil and the United States
In this article, we compare how racial inequalities are shaped by school-to-work transitions among bachelor’s degree (BA) holders in Brazil and the United States. Our findings reveal how distinct paths linking higher education and the job market can drive similar patterns of Black–White earnings gaps. While the distribution across fields of study matters more for racial earnings inequality in Brazil, differential returns to the same field and occ…
Changing structure of school to work transition in Brazil
This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the changing structure and consequences of the links between the educational system and labor markets in Brazil in the past 30 years. Using the linkages methodology proposed by DiPrete et al. (2017) and Elbers (2021), we identify changes in education-occupation linkage that were offset by Brazil's rapid educational expansion, distinguishing between changes in rates and changes in the structure of school…
Optics of the State
Sociological studies stress how state legibility serves as a form of control. Often overlooked is how states differ in their will to control and how this difference shapes legibility projects. To account for this variation, this article proposes a three-dimensional analytical framework to study legibility from a comparative perspective, illustrating it with an in-depth analysis of how Brazil and Mexico rendered poor families visible to implement …
State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain
Neoliberalism is often studied as a political ideology, a government program, and even as a pattern of cultural identities. However, less attention is paid to the specific institutional resources employed by neoliberal administrations, which have resulted in the configuration of a neoliberal state model. This accessible volume compiles original essays on the neoliberal era in Latin America and Spain, exploring subjects such as neoliberal public p…
The Political Work of 'Culture' in Struggles to Reform the Mexican State
This article addresses the question of how state officials promote reform and generate buy-in absent sanctioning power. We examine how, in such cases, reformers deploy culture as a 'category of practice' to articulate political projects, direct resources and energies, and make certain reform efforts possible. Drawing on participant observation and 120 in-depth interviews, we examine culture-talk and culture-work within efforts aimed at implementi…
Agents of Reform
Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · International Development and Aid (3 works)