Research Topics
1. Social movements, work and political participation
Social movements and public policies
Work and trade unionism
Social classes and collective action
This line addresses the political actions of organized and non organized sectors of the society that undertake different forms of collective action aiming at the achievement of their interests. This theme is approached from four perspectives: 1) the standards of relation between civil society and State, as well as their impacts on political processes and the struggle for citizenship rights, in national and international contexts; 2) the understanding of the multiple influences across social movements and public policies, social mobilization and political contestation processes; 3) changes in labor relations and their impacts on union conceptions and practices; 4) the role of social classes with their gender and race interfaces in the structuring of social conflicts and protests.
Docentes Permanentes
Ana Claudia Chaves Teixeira
Andréia Galvão
Luciana Ferreira Tatagiba
Wagner de Melo Romão
Docentes Colaboradores
Ângela Maria Carneiro Araújo
Artionka Manuela Góes Capiberibe
2. Studies on Political Regimes and Institutions
Studies on democracy
Parties, elections and political representation
Legislative Studies
Law and judicial institutions
Criminal justice policy and public security
This line comprises theoretical and empirical studies on the organization and operation of political regimes and their institutions, emphasizing the processes of democratic construction and the impasses to their operation put by the contemporary society. It addresses reflections on political representation, studies on competition, parties and elections, as well the operation of legislative powers. It also addresses theoretical and empirical research on State and law, judicial institutions, criminal and public security policies and the field of studies on human rights.
Docentes Permanentes
Andréa Marcondes de Freitas
Oswaldo Martins Estanislau Do Amaral
Rachel Meneguello
Wagner de Melo Romão
Docentes Colaboradores
Valeriano Mendes Ferreira Costa
3. State, development and comparative politics
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.
Docentes Permanentes
Andrei Koerner
Armando Boito Júnior
Armando Boito Júnior
Frederico Normanha Ribeiro de Almeida
Sebastião Carlos Velasco e Cruz
Docentes Colaboradores
Débora Alves Maciel
Valeriano Mendes Ferreira Costa
4. Political theory and thought
Political theory
History of political thought
Contemporary political thought
Constitutional thought
This line of research covers the main lines, traditions, works and authors of modern and contemporary political thought, comprising research on history of political ideas, contemporary political theory and constitutional thought. Research on history of Italian, Brazilian and Latin-American political thought is also outstanding. In addition to the study of classical authors’ works, this line of research also includes investigations on theoretical lines, ideologies and political discourses in a wider sense, such as: liberalism, conservatism, republicanism, Marxism, nationalism, populism or fascism.
Docentes Permanentes
Alvaro Gabriel Bianchi Mendez
Andrei Koerner
André Kaysel Velasco e Cruz
Armando Boito Júnior
Armando Boito Júnior
