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Books by José Álvaro Moisés
Journalism and Mass Communication, Jan.-Feb. 2019, Vol. 9, No. 1, 33-52. , 2019
In the last three decades of the 20th century, important political changes occurred in all region... more In the last three decades of the 20th century, important political changes occurred in all regions of the world,
making the institutions of many existing political systems closer to the ideals of democracy. But as happened in
other moments of history, those processes of democratization, even when successful, always occurred through
advances and retreats. Thus, contemporary political practices, procedures, and institutions embody democratic
ideals only partially. In many nations, in the present, the rule of law, civil, and political rights, and institutional
mechanisms for citizens’ control of governments remain ineffective or underdeveloped. Thus, a double concern
prevails among analysts: on the one hand, the regression to authoritarianism in some countries after the processes of
political changes—Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Turkey being the paradigmatic examples; the emergence of
semi-democracies, i.e., hybrid or illiberal regimes, which have provoked a new interest in the study of patterns of
institutional design, the critical role of civil society, different political-cultural developments, authoritarian legacies
in the context of the new democracies, competitive authoritarianism and new dictatorships. On the other hand, the
acknowledgement of intrinsic limits of the historical development of the democratic regime even in the case of old
democracies, i.e., the fact that political equality, active citizen participation, and effective control of abuse of power
have never been fully realized in practice. This is the general context in which many analysts and part of the public
opinion sustain that there is a crisis of democracy. The general diagnosis refers to the decreasing trust in political
elites, political parties, parliaments, governments, and to the dissatisfaction with the regime among democrats; it
refers also to the weaker and sometimes erratic performance of democratic institutions and particularly to the
failure of the representative system. The picture is completed with the growing rates of partisan misalignment,
electoral volatility, and declining civic participation. All this seems to indicate that democracy is inconceivable
without crisis. This chapter discusses this scenario. The crisis of democracies is examined from a critical
perspective, and the main objective is to understand the different dimensions of its nature and its consequences.
Keywords: democratization, crisis, quality of democracy, semi-democracy, illiberal regime, authoritarianism,
populism
The book discusses in its 8 chapters the performance of the Brazilian National Congress in the co... more The book discusses in its 8 chapters the performance of the Brazilian National Congress in the context of the so-called coalitional presidentialism. It is based on data of the voting process mainly of the Chamber of Deputies during the period between 1995 and 2006. Adopting the perspective of the quality of democracy, the books exams the limitations imposed by the structure of the Brazilian multiparty presidentialism to the role of the National Congress, particularly, in relation to its function of political representation and of part of the system of horizontal accountability. The book also exams the performance of the Congress in areas of two important public policies, international relations and criminality and security; and advances the discussion about the role of Parliamentarian Investigative Committees (CPIs) and the ministerial formation for the functioning of coalitional presidentialism. The books presents the results of an academic research developed during 2009/2010 at the Center for Public Policy Research, under the direction of José Álvaro Moisés.
Papers by José Álvaro Moisés
Lua Nova: Revista de Cultura e Política, Jun 1, 1986
A euforia que acompanhou o apoio popular ao pacote econômico do governo acabou ofuscando alguns a... more A euforia que acompanhou o apoio popular ao pacote econômico do governo acabou ofuscando alguns aspectos importantes do jogo político atual. Em meio ao burburinho colorido dos fiscais do Sarney ficaram marginalizados no debate alguns temas ...
Revista De Ciencias Sociales, Nov 1, 1995
UNIRED: PROYECTO PADRINAZGO PUBLICACIONES PERIODICAS ARGENTINAS. Título (A): Entre la "incer... more UNIRED: PROYECTO PADRINAZGO PUBLICACIONES PERIODICAS ARGENTINAS. Título (A): Entre la "incertidumbre" y la tradición política. Una crítica de la primera generación de estudios sobre la transición, pp 7-30. Autor Personal (A): Moisés, José Alvaro. ...
Lua Nova: Revista de Cultura e Política, Aug 1, 1994
Lua Nova: Revista de Cultura e Política, Dec 1, 1986
Dissemos em outra ocasião, nestas mesmas páginas, que o avanço democrático poderia chegar a ameaç... more Dissemos em outra ocasião, nestas mesmas páginas, que o avanço democrático poderia chegar a ameaçar os privilégios das classes dominantes. O quadro social e político brasileiro—mas não só—que passamos o confirma. De fato, nestas eleições de 1986, e ...
... José Alvaro Moisés Estudio/Working Paper 1993/44 February 1993 José Alvaro Moisés is Director... more ... José Alvaro Moisés Estudio/Working Paper 1993/44 February 1993 José Alvaro Moisés is Director of the Research Center on International Relations and Comparative Politics and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of São Paulo. ...
Opinião Pública
Political corruption is one of the most severe and complex problems facing new and old democracie... more Political corruption is one of the most severe and complex problems facing new and old democracies. Fundamentally, it involves the abuse of public power for any kind of private benefit, including advantages to governing parties over their opposition. It thus defeats the principle of political equality inherent in democracy, as its protagonists can obtain or maintain power and political benefits disproportionate to what they would achieve through legitimate and forms of political competition. At the same time, it distorts the republican dimension of democracy because it makes public policies result, not from debate and public dispute between different projects, but from behind-the-scenes agreements that favor spurious interests. Despite the efficiency of classical methodological instruments such as opinion polls with structured questionnaires and qualitative research with focus groups, it is still possible to identify biases in the quality of the information collected on corruption. ...
Revista mexicana de sociología, 1978
Journalism and Mass Communication, Jan.-Feb. 2019, Vol. 9, No. 1, 33-52. , 2019
In the last three decades of the 20th century, important political changes occurred in all region... more In the last three decades of the 20th century, important political changes occurred in all regions of the world,
making the institutions of many existing political systems closer to the ideals of democracy. But as happened in
other moments of history, those processes of democratization, even when successful, always occurred through
advances and retreats. Thus, contemporary political practices, procedures, and institutions embody democratic
ideals only partially. In many nations, in the present, the rule of law, civil, and political rights, and institutional
mechanisms for citizens’ control of governments remain ineffective or underdeveloped. Thus, a double concern
prevails among analysts: on the one hand, the regression to authoritarianism in some countries after the processes of
political changes—Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Turkey being the paradigmatic examples; the emergence of
semi-democracies, i.e., hybrid or illiberal regimes, which have provoked a new interest in the study of patterns of
institutional design, the critical role of civil society, different political-cultural developments, authoritarian legacies
in the context of the new democracies, competitive authoritarianism and new dictatorships. On the other hand, the
acknowledgement of intrinsic limits of the historical development of the democratic regime even in the case of old
democracies, i.e., the fact that political equality, active citizen participation, and effective control of abuse of power
have never been fully realized in practice. This is the general context in which many analysts and part of the public
opinion sustain that there is a crisis of democracy. The general diagnosis refers to the decreasing trust in political
elites, political parties, parliaments, governments, and to the dissatisfaction with the regime among democrats; it
refers also to the weaker and sometimes erratic performance of democratic institutions and particularly to the
failure of the representative system. The picture is completed with the growing rates of partisan misalignment,
electoral volatility, and declining civic participation. All this seems to indicate that democracy is inconceivable
without crisis. This chapter discusses this scenario. The crisis of democracies is examined from a critical
perspective, and the main objective is to understand the different dimensions of its nature and its consequences.
Keywords: democratization, crisis, quality of democracy, semi-democracy, illiberal regime, authoritarianism,
populism
The book discusses in its 8 chapters the performance of the Brazilian National Congress in the co... more The book discusses in its 8 chapters the performance of the Brazilian National Congress in the context of the so-called coalitional presidentialism. It is based on data of the voting process mainly of the Chamber of Deputies during the period between 1995 and 2006. Adopting the perspective of the quality of democracy, the books exams the limitations imposed by the structure of the Brazilian multiparty presidentialism to the role of the National Congress, particularly, in relation to its function of political representation and of part of the system of horizontal accountability. The book also exams the performance of the Congress in areas of two important public policies, international relations and criminality and security; and advances the discussion about the role of Parliamentarian Investigative Committees (CPIs) and the ministerial formation for the functioning of coalitional presidentialism. The books presents the results of an academic research developed during 2009/2010 at the Center for Public Policy Research, under the direction of José Álvaro Moisés.
Lua Nova: Revista de Cultura e Política, Jun 1, 1986
A euforia que acompanhou o apoio popular ao pacote econômico do governo acabou ofuscando alguns a... more A euforia que acompanhou o apoio popular ao pacote econômico do governo acabou ofuscando alguns aspectos importantes do jogo político atual. Em meio ao burburinho colorido dos fiscais do Sarney ficaram marginalizados no debate alguns temas ...
Revista De Ciencias Sociales, Nov 1, 1995
UNIRED: PROYECTO PADRINAZGO PUBLICACIONES PERIODICAS ARGENTINAS. Título (A): Entre la "incer... more UNIRED: PROYECTO PADRINAZGO PUBLICACIONES PERIODICAS ARGENTINAS. Título (A): Entre la "incertidumbre" y la tradición política. Una crítica de la primera generación de estudios sobre la transición, pp 7-30. Autor Personal (A): Moisés, José Alvaro. ...
Lua Nova: Revista de Cultura e Política, Aug 1, 1994
Lua Nova: Revista de Cultura e Política, Dec 1, 1986
Dissemos em outra ocasião, nestas mesmas páginas, que o avanço democrático poderia chegar a ameaç... more Dissemos em outra ocasião, nestas mesmas páginas, que o avanço democrático poderia chegar a ameaçar os privilégios das classes dominantes. O quadro social e político brasileiro—mas não só—que passamos o confirma. De fato, nestas eleições de 1986, e ...
... José Alvaro Moisés Estudio/Working Paper 1993/44 February 1993 José Alvaro Moisés is Director... more ... José Alvaro Moisés Estudio/Working Paper 1993/44 February 1993 José Alvaro Moisés is Director of the Research Center on International Relations and Comparative Politics and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of São Paulo. ...
Opinião Pública
Political corruption is one of the most severe and complex problems facing new and old democracie... more Political corruption is one of the most severe and complex problems facing new and old democracies. Fundamentally, it involves the abuse of public power for any kind of private benefit, including advantages to governing parties over their opposition. It thus defeats the principle of political equality inherent in democracy, as its protagonists can obtain or maintain power and political benefits disproportionate to what they would achieve through legitimate and forms of political competition. At the same time, it distorts the republican dimension of democracy because it makes public policies result, not from debate and public dispute between different projects, but from behind-the-scenes agreements that favor spurious interests. Despite the efficiency of classical methodological instruments such as opinion polls with structured questionnaires and qualitative research with focus groups, it is still possible to identify biases in the quality of the information collected on corruption. ...
Revista mexicana de sociología, 1978
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