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Vitor M Dias

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ID5152938
NAMEVitor M Dias
GIVEN NAMESVitor M
FAMILY NAMEDias
SIGNATUREDIAS V M
AFFILIATIONSIndiana University Bloomington
ORCID0000-0001-9552-9828
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS11
AUTHOR COUNT4
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2
  • Resisting Democratic Backsliding From Within the State: Environmental Politics in Bolsonaro's Brazil

    Open Access•Vitor M Dias, Mario Gomes Schapiro•ARTICLE•Policy Studies Journal•2026•References: 48

    This article explores how polycentric governance systems can facilitate resistance to democratic erosion from within the state, bridging two lines of research: polycentricity and democratic backsliding. Such resistance materializes through three key mechanisms within polycentric arrangements: decentralized political discretion, bureaucratic autonomy, and institutional capacity. In conducting a critical event analysis of environmental politics in …

  • The intertemporal governance challenges of Brazil’s Amazon: Managing soybean expansion, deforestation rates, and urban floods

    Open Access•Martin Delaroche, Vitor M Dias et al.•ARTICLE•Sustainability Science•2022•Cited by: 2•References: 10

  • Grassroots mobilization in Brazil’s urban Amazon: Global investments, persistent floods, and local resistance across political and legal arenas

    Open Access•Vitor M Dias, Pedro Paulo De Miranda Araujo Soares et al.•ARTICLE•World Development•2021•Cited by: 8•References: 18

  • Legal Elites and the Shaping of Corporate Law Practice in Brazil: A Historical Study

    Open Access•Jayanth K Krishnan, Vitor M Dias et al.•ARTICLE•Law & Social Inquiry•2015•Cited by: 1•References: 1

    Brazil today has a legal market that allows for foreign lawyers and foreign firms, but existing regulations are restrictive. Foreign lawyers cannot practice domestic law or litigation, nor can Brazilian‐licensed lawyers working for foreign firms or partnering with foreign lawyers. This was not always the case, however. Until 1963, there was little regulation of the legal profession. Beginning in 1913, elite US lawyers traveled to Brazil, with som…

  • Grassroots mobilization in Brazil’s urban Amazon: Global investments, persistent floods, and local resistance across political and legal arenas

    Open Access•Vitor M Dias, Pedro Paulo De Miranda Araujo Soares et al.•ARTICLE•World Development•2021•Cited by: 8•References: 18

  • The intertemporal governance challenges of Brazil’s Amazon: Managing soybean expansion, deforestation rates, and urban floods

    Open Access•Martin Delaroche, Vitor M Dias et al.•ARTICLE•Sustainability Science•2022•Cited by: 2•References: 10

  • Legal Elites and the Shaping of Corporate Law Practice in Brazil: A Historical Study

    Open Access•Jayanth K Krishnan, Vitor M Dias et al.•ARTICLE•Law & Social Inquiry•2015•Cited by: 1•References: 1

    Brazil today has a legal market that allows for foreign lawyers and foreign firms, but existing regulations are restrictive. Foreign lawyers cannot practice domestic law or litigation, nor can Brazilian‐licensed lawyers working for foreign firms or partnering with foreign lawyers. This was not always the case, however. Until 1963, there was little regulation of the legal profession. Beginning in 1913, elite US lawyers traveled to Brazil, with som…

  • Legal Elites and the Shaping of Corporate Law Practice in Brazil: A Historical Study

    Open Access•Jayanth K Krishnan, Vitor M Dias et al.•ARTICLE•Law & Social Inquiry•2015•Cited by: 1•References: 1

    Brazil today has a legal market that allows for foreign lawyers and foreign firms, but existing regulations are restrictive. Foreign lawyers cannot practice domestic law or litigation, nor can Brazilian‐licensed lawyers working for foreign firms or partnering with foreign lawyers. This was not always the case, however. Until 1963, there was little regulation of the legal profession. Beginning in 1913, elite US lawyers traveled to Brazil, with som…

  • Grassroots mobilization in Brazil’s urban Amazon: Global investments, persistent floods, and local resistance across political and legal arenas

    Open Access•Vitor M Dias, Pedro Paulo De Miranda Araujo Soares et al.•ARTICLE•World Development•2021•Cited by: 8•References: 18

  • The intertemporal governance challenges of Brazil’s Amazon: Managing soybean expansion, deforestation rates, and urban floods

    Open Access•Martin Delaroche, Vitor M Dias et al.•ARTICLE•Sustainability Science•2022•Cited by: 2•References: 10

  • Resisting Democratic Backsliding From Within the State: Environmental Politics in Bolsonaro's Brazil

    Open Access•Vitor M Dias, Mario Gomes Schapiro•ARTICLE•Policy Studies Journal•2026•References: 48

    This article explores how polycentric governance systems can facilitate resistance to democratic erosion from within the state, bridging two lines of research: polycentricity and democratic backsliding. Such resistance materializes through three key mechanisms within polycentric arrangements: decentralized political discretion, bureaucratic autonomy, and institutional capacity. In conducting a critical event analysis of environmental politics in …

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (1 works)

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