Bureaucratic Governance Specialist

The research aims to improve the comprehension of political and administrative power division within government ministries, focusing on the integration and influence of parties and interest groups at the decision-making level bureaucracy of the Federal Executive.

• To identify which party or organized group interests are represented in the decision-making level bureaucracy
• To analyze the Executive's organizational logic: centralization of the agenda in the presidency, autonomy of formulation by ministries, autonomy of ministers or autonomy of decision-making groups in the bureaucracy
• To examine the implications of different organizational configurations and bureaucracy profiles for the government's policy agenda

The research will employ qualitative methods to analyze data collected through semi-directive interviews with (former) members of the high bureaucracy and party leaders, as well as prosopographical research of senior bureaucracy leaders from the private sector.

The research results will contribute to the improvement of governance structures and capacities of the Brazilian State, ultimately stimulating the advancement of understanding the government's logic of operation under coalition presidentialism.