Policy Analysis in Brazil
A Comparison of Rationalist and Argumentative Approaches
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12626296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luigi Secchi (0000-0002-9073-0343, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 88-101 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1387-6988 • E-ISSN: 1572-5448 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13876988.2015.1110962 |
| OpenAlex | W2340977383 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
The objective of this essay is to present an overview of policy analysis as a practice and field of knowledge in Brazil. The paper compares the rationalist (positivist) and argumentative (postpositivist) approaches for prescriptive policy analysis. The paper portrays the development and practical use of policy analysis at federal, state and local levels of government, among the executive and legislative powers, in think tanks, and across different policy areas. The institutionalization of the field is also discussed in terms of the establishment of scholarly associations and conferences, scientific journals and graduate education in policy analysis in Brazil. The paper claims that (a) the academic field of policy analysis lacks consolidation in Brazil, and the very term “policy analysis” (análise de políticas públicas) is mostly used to describe theoretically oriented policy research; (b) rationalist policy analysis is mainly used in some “pockets of modernity” at the federal level of government; (c) Brazil has a rich experimentation of participatory mechanisms for argumentative policy analysis through participatory mechanisms at all levels of government. The essay concludes with some directions to build policy analysis capacity in Brazil, in theory and practice
Argumentative · Citizen journalism · Consolidation (business · Deliberation · Economics · Field (mathematics · Government (linguistics · Institutional analysis · Institutionalisation · Policy analysis · Policy studies · Political science · Politics · Positivism · Public policy · Social science · Sociology · Education and Public Policy · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social and Political Issues · Accounting
The Argumentative Turn Revisited
Public Administration and the Field of Public Policy Studies in the USA and Brazil
Participatory Policy Analysis in a Social Service Agency
Interpretive policy inquiry
Análise de Impacto Regulatório
"The Science of "Muddling Through
Policy Analysis in Brazil
Conducting Interpretive Policy Analysis
Conselhos gestores de políticas públicas e democracia participativa
Entre neocorporativistas e deliberativos
Olhares cruzados nas análises de políticas públicas
"Estado do campo" da pesquisa em políticas públicas no Brasil
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |