When Institutions Matter

Capes and Political Science in Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID6380474
AuthorsA Marenco (0000-0002-0848-9352, Ministry of Education, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume35
Issue1
Pages33-46
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de ciencia política (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0716-1417 • E-ISSN: 0718-090X
PublisherSciELO Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo (ANID) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4067/s0718-090x2015000100003
OpenAlexW1764384472
SCIELO_PIDS0718-090X2015000100003
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited3

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the institutional evaluation processes applied to Brazilian graduate programs, which processes are carried out by a federal agency, CAPES (Coordenação para o Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior/Coordination for the Advancement of Graduate Education), and their impact on the development of Political Science in Brazil. To do that, the text is divided into four parts: the first section presents CAPES’ characteristics and evolution in the past 60 years. The second part describes the academic evaluation procedures graduate programs are submitted to by CAPES for them to enter or remain in the system. Next, we analyze the influence of evaluation rules and criteria set by CAPES on the development of Political Science in Brazil. Finally, the last section examines the relationships between the institutional evaluation results, in the form of scores assigned to graduate institutions, and CAPES’ funding patterns in order to determine to what extent a relationship between performance and grants can be isolated

Political science · Politics · Education and Public Policy · Education Pedagogy and Practices · Law · Science and Science Education