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Catarina Segatto

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ID886629
NAMECatarina Segatto
GIVEN NAMESCatarina
FAMILY NAMESegatto
SIGNATURESEGATTO C
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal do ABC
ORCID0000-0002-5094-8225
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS27
TOTAL CITATIONS52
AUTHOR COUNT27
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4
  • Desenho de políticas de alfabetização: Análise de instrumentos de coordenação em seis estados do Nordeste

    Open Access•Kelly De Oliveira, Karoline De Oliveira et al.•ARTICLE•Education Policy Analysis Archives•2026

    A recente incidência de programas de alfabetização na idade certa nos estados brasileiros tem demonstrado a importância desse tema na agenda dos executivos estaduais, bem como a difusão do modelo do PAIC no Ceará, embora poucas pesquisas tenham se debruçado a analisar essas iniciativas. Este artigo tem por objetivo realizar um mapeamento desses programas, bem como sistematizar o desenho e os instrumentos utilizados. Para tanto, a pesquisa contou …

  • From governing during the flood crisis to governing the flood crisis: The case of flood-risk management in Acre (Brazil)

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Fernanda Lima-Silva•ARTICLE•Policy and Society•2026•References: 16

    Recent studies explore the factors that shape governmental responses to crises, such as institutional contexts, actors’ ideas and framing strategies, policy design and capacities, and governance capacity and legitimacy. This article contributes to this discussion by examining how governments’ framing of crises influences how they govern them. Drawing on a qualitative and historical case study of flood crises in Acre (Brazil) based on interviews a…

  • Artificial intelligence in Brazilian public organizations: Heterogeneities and capacity in information technology

    Open Access•Manuella Maia Ribeiro, Catarina Segatto•ARTICLE•Revista de Administração Pública•2025

    There is a growing debate about public organizations adopting artificial intelligence (AI), including its different technologies and techniques, as well as its effects on bureaucratic decisions. However, few studies have analyzed the characteristics associated with adopting these different types of AI technologies and techniques in the public sector. Furthermore, there is a gap in studies discussing AI adoption in the public sector in the Brazili…

  • Inteligência artificial nas organizações públicas brasileiras: Heterogeneidades e capacidades em tecnologia da informação

    Open Access•Manuella Maia Ribeiro, Catarina Segatto•ARTICLE•Revista de Administração Pública•2025

    Há um crescente debate sobre a adoção de tecnologias de inteligência artificial (IA) em organizações públicas e os diferentes tipos de tecnologias e técnicas utilizados por elas e seus efeitos nas decisões das burocracias. Poucos estudos analisam, no entanto, as características associadas à adoção pelas organizações públicas desses diferentes tipos de tecnologias e técnicas relacionadas à IA. Além disso, no que se refere ao contexto brasileiro, h…

  • Time and Policy Diffusion: Analysing Subnational Education Policy in Brazil

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Catarina Ianni Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Social Policy and Administration•2025•References: 39

    Time has recently gained prominence as a critical factor in policy diffusion studies at the international level and in studies examining federal systems. Nevertheless, empirical research investigating the role of time in subnational policy diffusion processes remains scarce. This paper seeks to contribute to this debate by understanding how time interacts with other variables, such as agency, relations, ideas, and federal dynamics in the diffusio…

  • State-Level Implementation of the Secondary Education Reform in Brazil: Between Conflict, Ambiguity, and Heterogeneity

    Open Access•Gabriela Lotta, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Brazilian Political Science Review•2025•References: 21

    This paper seeks to contribute to the understanding of variations in subnational policies and the factors that explain them. Some studies attribute these differences to the uneven distribution of state infrastructure and capacity at the subnational level, while others emphasize the role of policy legacies, actors, ideology, ideas, and networks to explain subnational policy variations. This study, analyses variations in policy changes in secondary…

  • Uncivil society and social policies in Brazil: The backlash in the gender, sexual, and reproductive rights and ethnic and racial relations fields

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Mário Aquino Alves et al.•ARTICLE•Public Administration and…•2023

    This paper analyzes how dynamics between Brazil's right‐wing populist government and civil and uncivil organizations affected the role of civil organizations, especially rights‐based ones, and Brazil's democratization process. These dynamics contributed to stripping policies of their progressive nature and rejecting the values of diversity, freedom, and equality. Our analysis relies on the inhabited institutions approach to comprehend the role of…

  • Capacidades estatais e políticas municipais de Educação durante a pandemia de Covid-19

    Open Access•Lizandro Lui, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 27

    O desenvolvimento de atividades pedagógicas por meio do ensino remoto se tornou comum ao longo da pandemia. Em uma pesquisa realizada pela Confederação Nacional de Municípios, identificou-se um conjunto de heterogeneidades no que tange às ações adotadas na área da educação no Brasil. O objetivo deste estudo foi avançar na compreensão, com base no conceito de capacidades estatais, dos fatores que contribuíram para que municípios tivessem maior cap…

  • State capacities and municipal education policies during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open Access•Lizandro Lui, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania•2023

    The development of pedagogical activities through remote teaching became common during the pandemic. Based on a survey carried out by the National Confederation of Municipalities, a set of heterogeneities was identified regarding the actions adopted in the area of education in Brazil. This study finds support in the concept of state capacities and aims to deepen the understanding of the factors that contributed to the increase of municipalities' …

  • A regulamentação do Sistema Nacional de Educação (SNE) no Brasil: Um Longo Debate

    Open Access•Kelly De Oliveira, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Praxis Educativa•2023

    Neste artigo, busca-se analisar o debate sobre a regulamentação do Sistema Nacional de Educação (SNE) a partir da discussão sobre a criação dos sistemas nacionais para as políticas sociais. Nesse sentido, analisam-se as ideias relacionadas à coordenação federativa na Educação e as propostas de regulamentação do SNE, inclusive a proposta em tramitação no Congresso Nacional. A ideia é discutir a trajetória desse debate, que fatores foram importante…

  • Inequalities and the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil: Analyzing un-coordinated responses in social assistance and education

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Fernando Burgos Pimentel Dos Santos et al.•ARTICLE•Policy and Society•2022•Cited by: 4•References: 10

    This paper contributes to discussions about subnational responses to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in federal countries. In the scholarship on federalism and public policy, few studies seek to understand the factors that shape subnational differences in welfare levels. This article seeks to better understand this issue in Brazil by exploring how, in a context with little national-level coordination, subnational governments tackle th…

  • The coordination role of Rio Grande do Norte state government in response to covid-19: Innovation in times of crisis

    Open Access•Sandra Gomes, André Luís Nogueira Da Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Saúde e Sociedade•2022•References: 14

    From a case study of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, in Brazil, this article discusses the role of states in coordinating healthcare with its local governments in the context of the new coronavirus pandemic. The absence of federal government initiatives in responding to the pandemic in Brazil have been acknowledged by several specialists as an unprecedented event in the Brazilian federation, breaking with a recurrent pattern of national coordin…

  • A pandemia e o futuro do federalismo brasileiro

    Open Access•Eduardo José Grin, Antônio Sérgio Araújo Fernandes et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania•2022•References: 29

    Esta edição especial visa a analisar a crise federativa no Brasil que foi instalada no país durante o enfrentamento da pandemia da Covid-19. Buscou-se trazer estudos e reflexões focadas em explicar essa crise, bem como apontar saídas encontradas pelos entes federados diante dos problemas enfrentados, além de sugerir perspectivas para o estudo do federalismo

  • A atuação coordenadora do governo do Rio Grande do Norte no combate à covid-19: Inovação Em Tempos De Crise

    Open Access•Sandra Gomes, André Luís Nogueira Da Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Saúde e Sociedade•2022•Cited by: 1•References: 15

    A partir de um estudo de caso do Rio Grande do Norte, este artigo discute o papel dos estados na coordenação da saúde durante a pandemia do novo coronavírus. A ausência de coordenação federal no enfrentamento do surto pandêmico no Brasil tem sido compreendida por diversos analistas como algo inédito na federação brasileira, rompendo com um padrão recorrente de normatização e indução nacional por diferentes governos desde a Constituição de 1988. N…

  • Gestores escolares como gerentes de nível de rua: Tipologia de diretores em escolas municipais brasileiras

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Marina Katurchi Exner et al.•ARTICLE•Education Policy Analysis Archives•2021

    Ainda que as características socioeconômicas dos alunos sejam centrais para compreender os resultados educacionais, é consenso na literatura que os gestores escolares influenciam o aprendizado dos alunos. Eles têm um papel central na coordenação pedagógica e em suas relações com as comunidades interna e externa à escola, por exemplo. No entanto, há poucos estudos que buscam compreender em profundidade as características de uma gestão escolar efic…

  • Populism and Religion in Brazil: The View from Education Policy

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Mário Aquino Alves et al.•ARTICLE•Social Policy and Society•2021•Cited by: 3•References: 15

    This article is a case study of Brazil, a country where Catholic-based organizations have historically played a key role in providing education and welfare services. Since the 1980s, these organizations have supported progressive changes at both the national and subnational levels. Nevertheless, the influence of religion on education policy has shifted in the last few decades. Pentecostal and Neopentecostal groups have gained prominence through r…

  • Federalism and decision making in health care: The influence of subnational governments in Brazil

    Catarina Segatto, Daniel Béland•ARTICLE•Policy Studies•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 44

    Existing scholarship on federalism seeks to gauge the extent of centralization and decentralization by examining the role of federal and subnational governments in policymaking in a range of federal countries. Most of these studies are focused on debates about self-rule and subnational representation in the legislative branch. This paper explores the role of subnational governments in health care decisions made at the national level in Brazil. So…

  • Changes in Brazilian education policy and the rise of right‐wing populism

    Open Access•Mário Aquino Alves, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•British Educational Research…•2021•Cited by: 4•References: 35

    This article shows the intersections of right‐wing conservative discourse and evangelical religious proselytism in shaping right‐wing populist discourse in Brazil and its implications on the education policy in the last decade. Since re‐democratisation in the 1980s, the policy path sought to guarantee progressive and inclusive public education, which became under threat due to the escalation of right‐wing populist activism. In the last few years,…

  • Capacidades estatais e seus efeitos nas Políticas Municipais de Educação

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Catarina Ianni Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania•2021•Cited by: 6•References: 16

    A análise das capacidades estatais é central para a compreensão da implementação de políticas públicas e seus resultados. Ainda que haja um enorme debate em torno do conceito, alguns estudos mostram que duas dimensões da capacidade devem ser consideradas: a técnico-administrativa e a político-relacional. No entanto, há poucos estudos que buscaram compreender em maior profundidade essas dimensões no nível local, já que a literatura esteve mais foc…

  • Combate à Covid-19 sob o federalismo bolsonarista: Um caso de descoordenação intergovernamental

    Open Access•Fernando Luiz Abrucio, Eduardo José Grin et al.•ARTICLE•Revista de Administração Pública•2020

    Este artigo analisa como o federalismo brasileiro tem afetado o combate à COVID-19. Tendo por base uma análise histórico-institucional do caso brasileiro, busca-se compreender como o modelo federativo construído pelo governo Bolsonaro influenciou as respostas ao combate da pandemia no país, bem como os resultados do confronto de dois modelos federativos nesse processo. De um lado, o ideário e as estruturas institucionais da Constituição de 1988 c…

  • Combating Covid-19 under Bolsonaro’s federalism: A case of intergovernmental incoordination

    Open Access•Fernando Luiz Abrucio, Eduardo José Grin et al.•ARTICLE•Revista de Administração Pública•2020

    Este artigo analisa como o federalismo brasileiro tem afetado o combate à COVID-19. Tendo por base uma análise histórico-institucional do caso brasileiro, busca-se compreender como o modelo federativo construído pelo governo Bolsonaro influenciou as respostas ao combate da pandemia no país, bem como os resultados do confronto de dois modelos federativos nesse processo. De um lado, o ideário e as estruturas institucionais da Constituição de 1988 c…

  • The fiscal politics of resource revenue: Federalism, oil ownership and territorial conflict in Brazil and Canada

    Daniel Béland, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Territory Politics Governance•2019•Cited by: 5•References: 9

    This paper explores the fiscal politics of oil revenue in Brazil and Canada, two oil-rich federal countries that have different constitutional arrangements for revenue allocation and where constituent unit governments have different powers in the energy sector. More specifically, it offers a comparative analysis of the intergovernmental relations around oil revenue distribution in both countries over the last 30 years. The argument is that consti…

  • Federalism, Physicians, and Public Policy: A Comparison of Health Care Reform in Canada and Brazil

    Catarina Segatto, Daniel Béland et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Comparative Policy…•2019•Cited by: 1•References: 24

    This article uses comparative historical analysis to explore physicians’ involvement in health care reform in Canada and Brazil. Drawing on historical institutionalism, the analysis stresses how, beyond partisanship, physicians build consensus around and promote specific policy ideas, and how federal institutions shape physicians’ mobilization. In both countries, physicians’ mobilization shaped the emergence of universal health care coverage, but…

  • Settlement and Integration Policies in Federal Contexts: The Case of Refugees in Canada and Brazil

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Catarina Ianni Segatto•ARTICLE•Journal of Refugee Studies•2019•Cited by: 2•References: 15

    The scholarly literature highlights that refugees face barriers accessing public services due to cultural, language and communication differences, financial constraints and lack of information, which can be reinforced by variations in service coverage and provision, especially in low- and middle-income countries, and complex intergovernmental relations and governance arrangements, common in federal systems. This article seeks to analyse Brazil an…

  • The Limits of Partisanship: Federalism, the Role of Bureaucrats, and the Path to Universal Health Care Coverage in Brazil

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Daniel Béland•ARTICLE•Politics & Policy•2018•References: 29

    Scholars have argued that partisanship is the main driving force behind universal social policy, including universal health coverage. This article contributes to this debate by analyzing the Brazilian path to universal health coverage in light of this international social policy literature. The empirical research it features is grounded in the systematization of the literature and the analysis of documents and in‐depth interviews. The analysis sh…

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  • Policy diffusion in subnational governments: State–local relationships in the Brazilian education policy

    Catarina Segatto•ARTICLE•Regional & Federal Studies•2017•Cited by: 16•References: 12

    Intergovernmental relations play a key role in policy diffusion among constituent units. Federal governments have adopted different mechanisms to guarantee minimum standards across the countries, but historical trajectories and widely shared policy ideas are also mentioned as relevant in diffusion processes. This paper focuses on the influence of federalism in policy diffusion at the subnational level in Brazil. The 1988 Constitution consolidated…

  • A cooperação em uma federação heterogênea: O Regime De Colaboração Na Educação Em Seis Estados Brasileiros

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Catarina Ianni Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Revista Brasileira de Educação•2016•Cited by: 8•References: 4

    Este artigo analisa a atuação dos governos estaduais no processo de coordenação federativa em municípios no campo da educação. A literatura reforça o crescente papel coordenador do governo federal nas políticas sociais, incluindo na área educacional, porém há poucos estudos sobre o papel dos estados. Para isso, foram analisadas a cooperação entre estados e municípios em seis estados: Acre, Ceará, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará e São Paulo…

  • Capacidades estatais e seus efeitos nas Políticas Municipais de Educação

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Catarina Ianni Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania•2021•Cited by: 6•References: 16

    A análise das capacidades estatais é central para a compreensão da implementação de políticas públicas e seus resultados. Ainda que haja um enorme debate em torno do conceito, alguns estudos mostram que duas dimensões da capacidade devem ser consideradas: a técnico-administrativa e a político-relacional. No entanto, há poucos estudos que buscaram compreender em maior profundidade essas dimensões no nível local, já que a literatura esteve mais foc…

  • The fiscal politics of resource revenue: Federalism, oil ownership and territorial conflict in Brazil and Canada

    Daniel Béland, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Territory Politics Governance•2019•Cited by: 5•References: 9

    This paper explores the fiscal politics of oil revenue in Brazil and Canada, two oil-rich federal countries that have different constitutional arrangements for revenue allocation and where constituent unit governments have different powers in the energy sector. More specifically, it offers a comparative analysis of the intergovernmental relations around oil revenue distribution in both countries over the last 30 years. The argument is that consti…

  • Inequalities and the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil: Analyzing un-coordinated responses in social assistance and education

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Fernando Burgos Pimentel Dos Santos et al.•ARTICLE•Policy and Society•2022•Cited by: 4•References: 10

    This paper contributes to discussions about subnational responses to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in federal countries. In the scholarship on federalism and public policy, few studies seek to understand the factors that shape subnational differences in welfare levels. This article seeks to better understand this issue in Brazil by exploring how, in a context with little national-level coordination, subnational governments tackle th…

  • Changes in Brazilian education policy and the rise of right‐wing populism

    Open Access•Mário Aquino Alves, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•British Educational Research…•2021•Cited by: 4•References: 35

    This article shows the intersections of right‐wing conservative discourse and evangelical religious proselytism in shaping right‐wing populist discourse in Brazil and its implications on the education policy in the last decade. Since re‐democratisation in the 1980s, the policy path sought to guarantee progressive and inclusive public education, which became under threat due to the escalation of right‐wing populist activism. In the last few years,…

  • Populism and Religion in Brazil: The View from Education Policy

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Mário Aquino Alves et al.•ARTICLE•Social Policy and Society•2021•Cited by: 3•References: 15

    This article is a case study of Brazil, a country where Catholic-based organizations have historically played a key role in providing education and welfare services. Since the 1980s, these organizations have supported progressive changes at both the national and subnational levels. Nevertheless, the influence of religion on education policy has shifted in the last few decades. Pentecostal and Neopentecostal groups have gained prominence through r…

  • Settlement and Integration Policies in Federal Contexts: The Case of Refugees in Canada and Brazil

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Catarina Ianni Segatto•ARTICLE•Journal of Refugee Studies•2019•Cited by: 2•References: 15

    The scholarly literature highlights that refugees face barriers accessing public services due to cultural, language and communication differences, financial constraints and lack of information, which can be reinforced by variations in service coverage and provision, especially in low- and middle-income countries, and complex intergovernmental relations and governance arrangements, common in federal systems. This article seeks to analyse Brazil an…

  • Capacidades estatais e políticas municipais de Educação durante a pandemia de Covid-19

    Open Access•Lizandro Lui, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 27

    O desenvolvimento de atividades pedagógicas por meio do ensino remoto se tornou comum ao longo da pandemia. Em uma pesquisa realizada pela Confederação Nacional de Municípios, identificou-se um conjunto de heterogeneidades no que tange às ações adotadas na área da educação no Brasil. O objetivo deste estudo foi avançar na compreensão, com base no conceito de capacidades estatais, dos fatores que contribuíram para que municípios tivessem maior cap…

  • A atuação coordenadora do governo do Rio Grande do Norte no combate à covid-19: Inovação Em Tempos De Crise

    Open Access•Sandra Gomes, André Luís Nogueira Da Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Saúde e Sociedade•2022•Cited by: 1•References: 15

    A partir de um estudo de caso do Rio Grande do Norte, este artigo discute o papel dos estados na coordenação da saúde durante a pandemia do novo coronavírus. A ausência de coordenação federal no enfrentamento do surto pandêmico no Brasil tem sido compreendida por diversos analistas como algo inédito na federação brasileira, rompendo com um padrão recorrente de normatização e indução nacional por diferentes governos desde a Constituição de 1988. N…

  • Federalism and decision making in health care: The influence of subnational governments in Brazil

    Catarina Segatto, Daniel Béland•ARTICLE•Policy Studies•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 44

    Existing scholarship on federalism seeks to gauge the extent of centralization and decentralization by examining the role of federal and subnational governments in policymaking in a range of federal countries. Most of these studies are focused on debates about self-rule and subnational representation in the legislative branch. This paper explores the role of subnational governments in health care decisions made at the national level in Brazil. So…

  • Federalism, Physicians, and Public Policy: A Comparison of Health Care Reform in Canada and Brazil

    Catarina Segatto, Daniel Béland et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Comparative Policy…•2019•Cited by: 1•References: 24

    This article uses comparative historical analysis to explore physicians’ involvement in health care reform in Canada and Brazil. Drawing on historical institutionalism, the analysis stresses how, beyond partisanship, physicians build consensus around and promote specific policy ideas, and how federal institutions shape physicians’ mobilization. In both countries, physicians’ mobilization shaped the emergence of universal health care coverage, but…

  • A cooperação em uma federação heterogênea: O Regime De Colaboração Na Educação Em Seis Estados Brasileiros

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Catarina Ianni Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Revista Brasileira de Educação•2016•Cited by: 8•References: 4

    Este artigo analisa a atuação dos governos estaduais no processo de coordenação federativa em municípios no campo da educação. A literatura reforça o crescente papel coordenador do governo federal nas políticas sociais, incluindo na área educacional, porém há poucos estudos sobre o papel dos estados. Para isso, foram analisadas a cooperação entre estados e municípios em seis estados: Acre, Ceará, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará e São Paulo…

  • Policy diffusion in subnational governments: State–local relationships in the Brazilian education policy

    Catarina Segatto•ARTICLE•Regional & Federal Studies•2017•Cited by: 16•References: 12

    Intergovernmental relations play a key role in policy diffusion among constituent units. Federal governments have adopted different mechanisms to guarantee minimum standards across the countries, but historical trajectories and widely shared policy ideas are also mentioned as relevant in diffusion processes. This paper focuses on the influence of federalism in policy diffusion at the subnational level in Brazil. The 1988 Constitution consolidated…

  • The Limits of Partisanship: Federalism, the Role of Bureaucrats, and the Path to Universal Health Care Coverage in Brazil

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Daniel Béland•ARTICLE•Politics & Policy•2018•References: 29

    Scholars have argued that partisanship is the main driving force behind universal social policy, including universal health coverage. This article contributes to this debate by analyzing the Brazilian path to universal health coverage in light of this international social policy literature. The empirical research it features is grounded in the systematization of the literature and the analysis of documents and in‐depth interviews. The analysis sh…

  • The fiscal politics of resource revenue: Federalism, oil ownership and territorial conflict in Brazil and Canada

    Daniel Béland, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Territory Politics Governance•2019•Cited by: 5•References: 9

    This paper explores the fiscal politics of oil revenue in Brazil and Canada, two oil-rich federal countries that have different constitutional arrangements for revenue allocation and where constituent unit governments have different powers in the energy sector. More specifically, it offers a comparative analysis of the intergovernmental relations around oil revenue distribution in both countries over the last 30 years. The argument is that consti…

  • Federalism, Physicians, and Public Policy: A Comparison of Health Care Reform in Canada and Brazil

    Catarina Segatto, Daniel Béland et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Comparative Policy…•2019•Cited by: 1•References: 24

    This article uses comparative historical analysis to explore physicians’ involvement in health care reform in Canada and Brazil. Drawing on historical institutionalism, the analysis stresses how, beyond partisanship, physicians build consensus around and promote specific policy ideas, and how federal institutions shape physicians’ mobilization. In both countries, physicians’ mobilization shaped the emergence of universal health care coverage, but…

  • Settlement and Integration Policies in Federal Contexts: The Case of Refugees in Canada and Brazil

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Catarina Ianni Segatto•ARTICLE•Journal of Refugee Studies•2019•Cited by: 2•References: 15

    The scholarly literature highlights that refugees face barriers accessing public services due to cultural, language and communication differences, financial constraints and lack of information, which can be reinforced by variations in service coverage and provision, especially in low- and middle-income countries, and complex intergovernmental relations and governance arrangements, common in federal systems. This article seeks to analyse Brazil an…

  • Combate à Covid-19 sob o federalismo bolsonarista: Um caso de descoordenação intergovernamental

    Open Access•Fernando Luiz Abrucio, Eduardo José Grin et al.•ARTICLE•Revista de Administração Pública•2020

    Este artigo analisa como o federalismo brasileiro tem afetado o combate à COVID-19. Tendo por base uma análise histórico-institucional do caso brasileiro, busca-se compreender como o modelo federativo construído pelo governo Bolsonaro influenciou as respostas ao combate da pandemia no país, bem como os resultados do confronto de dois modelos federativos nesse processo. De um lado, o ideário e as estruturas institucionais da Constituição de 1988 c…

  • Combating Covid-19 under Bolsonaro’s federalism: A case of intergovernmental incoordination

    Open Access•Fernando Luiz Abrucio, Eduardo José Grin et al.•ARTICLE•Revista de Administração Pública•2020

    Este artigo analisa como o federalismo brasileiro tem afetado o combate à COVID-19. Tendo por base uma análise histórico-institucional do caso brasileiro, busca-se compreender como o modelo federativo construído pelo governo Bolsonaro influenciou as respostas ao combate da pandemia no país, bem como os resultados do confronto de dois modelos federativos nesse processo. De um lado, o ideário e as estruturas institucionais da Constituição de 1988 c…

  • Gestores escolares como gerentes de nível de rua: Tipologia de diretores em escolas municipais brasileiras

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Marina Katurchi Exner et al.•ARTICLE•Education Policy Analysis Archives•2021

    Ainda que as características socioeconômicas dos alunos sejam centrais para compreender os resultados educacionais, é consenso na literatura que os gestores escolares influenciam o aprendizado dos alunos. Eles têm um papel central na coordenação pedagógica e em suas relações com as comunidades interna e externa à escola, por exemplo. No entanto, há poucos estudos que buscam compreender em profundidade as características de uma gestão escolar efic…

  • Populism and Religion in Brazil: The View from Education Policy

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Mário Aquino Alves et al.•ARTICLE•Social Policy and Society•2021•Cited by: 3•References: 15

    This article is a case study of Brazil, a country where Catholic-based organizations have historically played a key role in providing education and welfare services. Since the 1980s, these organizations have supported progressive changes at both the national and subnational levels. Nevertheless, the influence of religion on education policy has shifted in the last few decades. Pentecostal and Neopentecostal groups have gained prominence through r…

  • Federalism and decision making in health care: The influence of subnational governments in Brazil

    Catarina Segatto, Daniel Béland•ARTICLE•Policy Studies•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 44

    Existing scholarship on federalism seeks to gauge the extent of centralization and decentralization by examining the role of federal and subnational governments in policymaking in a range of federal countries. Most of these studies are focused on debates about self-rule and subnational representation in the legislative branch. This paper explores the role of subnational governments in health care decisions made at the national level in Brazil. So…

  • Changes in Brazilian education policy and the rise of right‐wing populism

    Open Access•Mário Aquino Alves, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•British Educational Research…•2021•Cited by: 4•References: 35

    This article shows the intersections of right‐wing conservative discourse and evangelical religious proselytism in shaping right‐wing populist discourse in Brazil and its implications on the education policy in the last decade. Since re‐democratisation in the 1980s, the policy path sought to guarantee progressive and inclusive public education, which became under threat due to the escalation of right‐wing populist activism. In the last few years,…

  • Capacidades estatais e seus efeitos nas Políticas Municipais de Educação

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Catarina Ianni Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania•2021•Cited by: 6•References: 16

    A análise das capacidades estatais é central para a compreensão da implementação de políticas públicas e seus resultados. Ainda que haja um enorme debate em torno do conceito, alguns estudos mostram que duas dimensões da capacidade devem ser consideradas: a técnico-administrativa e a político-relacional. No entanto, há poucos estudos que buscaram compreender em maior profundidade essas dimensões no nível local, já que a literatura esteve mais foc…

  • Inequalities and the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil: Analyzing un-coordinated responses in social assistance and education

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Fernando Burgos Pimentel Dos Santos et al.•ARTICLE•Policy and Society•2022•Cited by: 4•References: 10

    This paper contributes to discussions about subnational responses to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in federal countries. In the scholarship on federalism and public policy, few studies seek to understand the factors that shape subnational differences in welfare levels. This article seeks to better understand this issue in Brazil by exploring how, in a context with little national-level coordination, subnational governments tackle th…

  • The coordination role of Rio Grande do Norte state government in response to covid-19: Innovation in times of crisis

    Open Access•Sandra Gomes, André Luís Nogueira Da Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Saúde e Sociedade•2022•References: 14

    From a case study of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, in Brazil, this article discusses the role of states in coordinating healthcare with its local governments in the context of the new coronavirus pandemic. The absence of federal government initiatives in responding to the pandemic in Brazil have been acknowledged by several specialists as an unprecedented event in the Brazilian federation, breaking with a recurrent pattern of national coordin…

  • A pandemia e o futuro do federalismo brasileiro

    Open Access•Eduardo José Grin, Antônio Sérgio Araújo Fernandes et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania•2022•References: 29

    Esta edição especial visa a analisar a crise federativa no Brasil que foi instalada no país durante o enfrentamento da pandemia da Covid-19. Buscou-se trazer estudos e reflexões focadas em explicar essa crise, bem como apontar saídas encontradas pelos entes federados diante dos problemas enfrentados, além de sugerir perspectivas para o estudo do federalismo

  • A atuação coordenadora do governo do Rio Grande do Norte no combate à covid-19: Inovação Em Tempos De Crise

    Open Access•Sandra Gomes, André Luís Nogueira Da Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Saúde e Sociedade•2022•Cited by: 1•References: 15

    A partir de um estudo de caso do Rio Grande do Norte, este artigo discute o papel dos estados na coordenação da saúde durante a pandemia do novo coronavírus. A ausência de coordenação federal no enfrentamento do surto pandêmico no Brasil tem sido compreendida por diversos analistas como algo inédito na federação brasileira, rompendo com um padrão recorrente de normatização e indução nacional por diferentes governos desde a Constituição de 1988. N…

  • Uncivil society and social policies in Brazil: The backlash in the gender, sexual, and reproductive rights and ethnic and racial relations fields

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Mário Aquino Alves et al.•ARTICLE•Public Administration and…•2023

    This paper analyzes how dynamics between Brazil's right‐wing populist government and civil and uncivil organizations affected the role of civil organizations, especially rights‐based ones, and Brazil's democratization process. These dynamics contributed to stripping policies of their progressive nature and rejecting the values of diversity, freedom, and equality. Our analysis relies on the inhabited institutions approach to comprehend the role of…

  • Capacidades estatais e políticas municipais de Educação durante a pandemia de Covid-19

    Open Access•Lizandro Lui, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 27

    O desenvolvimento de atividades pedagógicas por meio do ensino remoto se tornou comum ao longo da pandemia. Em uma pesquisa realizada pela Confederação Nacional de Municípios, identificou-se um conjunto de heterogeneidades no que tange às ações adotadas na área da educação no Brasil. O objetivo deste estudo foi avançar na compreensão, com base no conceito de capacidades estatais, dos fatores que contribuíram para que municípios tivessem maior cap…

  • State capacities and municipal education policies during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open Access•Lizandro Lui, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania•2023

    The development of pedagogical activities through remote teaching became common during the pandemic. Based on a survey carried out by the National Confederation of Municipalities, a set of heterogeneities was identified regarding the actions adopted in the area of education in Brazil. This study finds support in the concept of state capacities and aims to deepen the understanding of the factors that contributed to the increase of municipalities' …

  • A regulamentação do Sistema Nacional de Educação (SNE) no Brasil: Um Longo Debate

    Open Access•Kelly De Oliveira, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Praxis Educativa•2023

    Neste artigo, busca-se analisar o debate sobre a regulamentação do Sistema Nacional de Educação (SNE) a partir da discussão sobre a criação dos sistemas nacionais para as políticas sociais. Nesse sentido, analisam-se as ideias relacionadas à coordenação federativa na Educação e as propostas de regulamentação do SNE, inclusive a proposta em tramitação no Congresso Nacional. A ideia é discutir a trajetória desse debate, que fatores foram importante…

  • Artificial intelligence in Brazilian public organizations: Heterogeneities and capacity in information technology

    Open Access•Manuella Maia Ribeiro, Catarina Segatto•ARTICLE•Revista de Administração Pública•2025

    There is a growing debate about public organizations adopting artificial intelligence (AI), including its different technologies and techniques, as well as its effects on bureaucratic decisions. However, few studies have analyzed the characteristics associated with adopting these different types of AI technologies and techniques in the public sector. Furthermore, there is a gap in studies discussing AI adoption in the public sector in the Brazili…

  • Inteligência artificial nas organizações públicas brasileiras: Heterogeneidades e capacidades em tecnologia da informação

    Open Access•Manuella Maia Ribeiro, Catarina Segatto•ARTICLE•Revista de Administração Pública•2025

    Há um crescente debate sobre a adoção de tecnologias de inteligência artificial (IA) em organizações públicas e os diferentes tipos de tecnologias e técnicas utilizados por elas e seus efeitos nas decisões das burocracias. Poucos estudos analisam, no entanto, as características associadas à adoção pelas organizações públicas desses diferentes tipos de tecnologias e técnicas relacionadas à IA. Além disso, no que se refere ao contexto brasileiro, h…

  • Time and Policy Diffusion: Analysing Subnational Education Policy in Brazil

    Open Access•Catarina Segatto, Catarina Ianni Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Social Policy and Administration•2025•References: 39

    Time has recently gained prominence as a critical factor in policy diffusion studies at the international level and in studies examining federal systems. Nevertheless, empirical research investigating the role of time in subnational policy diffusion processes remains scarce. This paper seeks to contribute to this debate by understanding how time interacts with other variables, such as agency, relations, ideas, and federal dynamics in the diffusio…

  • State-Level Implementation of the Secondary Education Reform in Brazil: Between Conflict, Ambiguity, and Heterogeneity

    Open Access•Gabriela Lotta, Catarina Segatto et al.•ARTICLE•Brazilian Political Science Review•2025•References: 21

    This paper seeks to contribute to the understanding of variations in subnational policies and the factors that explain them. Some studies attribute these differences to the uneven distribution of state infrastructure and capacity at the subnational level, while others emphasize the role of policy legacies, actors, ideology, ideas, and networks to explain subnational policy variations. This study, analyses variations in policy changes in secondary…

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