State and economic development
State and social classes
Public policies and social well-being  
International politics and foreign policy
International political economy
International governance, normativities and human rights
This line covers themes related to the complex relations involving State, society and economic development. The multiple forms of State intervention in economy are the condition for the economic development and can define, to a large extent, the profile of such development. With regard to politics, the modalities of this intervention will depend on the State relation with the different social classes and layers, the staff that holds positions in the state institutions and the political regimes in force. Such intervention results, in its turn, in distinct modalities of economic policy, social policy and foreign policy under given economic and social conditions both in the country and in the international scenario.