Opinion: Brazilian Political Crisis

Authors

  • Aníbal Pérez-Liñán University of Pittsburgh (EUA)
  • João Maurício Adeodato Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (FDV/ES)
  • Fabiano Guilherme Mendes Santos Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos (IESP/UERJ)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/publicum.2016.27017

Abstract

In this section, we present three well-known Professors's opinion about the theme "Brazilian Political Crisis", who attempt to demonstrate the challenges and the situations that the Brazilian institutions face after recent experiences.

Author Biographies

Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, University of Pittsburgh (EUA)

Aníbal Pérez-Liñán (PhD University of Notre Dame) is Professor of Political Science and member of the core faculty at the Center for Latin American Studies.  His research focuses on democratization, institutional performance, and the rule of law in Latin America.  He has conducted fieldwork in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, and Venezuela, and published in academic journals in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, Great Britain, Peru, Spain, the United States, and Uruguay.  His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Inter-American Development Bank, among other institutions.  He is the author of Presidential Impeachment and the New Political Instability in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America: Emergence, Survival, and Fall (with Scott Mainwaring, Cambridge University Press, 2013).

João Maurício Adeodato, Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (FDV/ES)

Law degree at Faculdade de Direito de Recife (1977). Masters (1977), PhD (1986) and and "Livre Docente" (2011), all at Faculdade de Direito of Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Postdoctoral studies at University Mainz with Alexander von Humboldt financial aid (1988-1989). Postdoctoral studies as short time (3-4 months) as invited Scholar at University Mainz (1991), Freiburg (1995), Heidelberg (2000, 2003, 2006, 2009 e 2011) and Hagen (2014). Doctor Honoris Causa at Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas de São Paulo (2009).

Assistant Professor (1983) and Professor (1990), accepted after public exams, at Faculdade de Direito do Recife. Retired in 2016, before becomes 60 years old. Guide more than one hundred doctoral thesis and masters works. Guide more than dozens of graduation papers and also responsible to be the founder of science iniciation at Faculdade de Direito do Recife (1986). CNPq Researcher since 1984. Researcher I since 1990 and Researcher I-A since 1997. Founder and leader of juridical rhetorical researcher group. Professor at Faculdade de Direito de Vitória. Professor at Faculdade Damas de Instrução Cristã. Professor and counselor at Grupo Ser Educacional.

More than one hundred papers published in Brazil and international journals (Germany, Argentina, China, Spain, USA, France, Netherlands, India, Italy, and Portugal). Working areas: theory of law and philosophy of law, epistemology and juridical dogmatics, juridical teaching, sociology of law, constitutional law, and social theory. Invited Scholar at Universidades de Göttingen (1991, 2000 and 2015), Freiburg im Breisgau (1995), Frankfurt am Main (1995, 2011 and 2015), Duquesne Pittsburgh (1999), Pablo de Ollavide de Sevilla (2000), Augsburg and Kiel (2000), Lecce (2004), Nacional del Comahue de Bariloche (2006 and 2013), Patras, Grécia (2006), de los Andes e Católica de Chile (2008), Bielefeld (2009), Frankfurt (2011), Buenos Aires (2011), Salzburg (2012, 2014 e 2015), and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (2012).

CAPES Counselor Ad Hoc for new postgraduation programs creation (1990-1998), researchers choices, scholarships concession in Brazil and away (since 1990). Social sciences applied CNPq representative (1992-1995 and 2000-2003). President of social sciences applied Comittee and Director Council of CNPq (1994-1995). Counselor Ad Hoc of many State Foundation for Researches. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Board (2003-2004). Member of Comissão de Educação Jurídica do Conselho Federal da OAB (1995-2000, 2005-2007, 2010-2015). Comittee Coordinator of Comissão de Implementação das Disciplinas do Eixo Fundamental no Exame de Ordem (2011-2012). Honorary member of Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Direito - CONPEDI (2009). Member of Associação Internacional de Filosofia Jurídica e Social (IVR) (2011-2015, reelected until 2019). Citzen Award of Pernambuco and Piauí.

Fabiano Guilherme Mendes Santos, Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos (IESP/UERJ)

Social Science degree at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1986), Masters in Political Science at Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro (1990), and PhD in Political Science at Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro (1994). President of Associação Brasileira de Ciência Política (ABCP) from 2008 to 2012. Professor and Researcher at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos - IESP). Associated editor at Journal of Politics in Latin America. Member of Conselho de Redação de DADOS - Revista de Ciências Sociais between 2006 and 2009. Working area: Poltical Science, with emphasis in Brazilian political institutions and comparative institutions.

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Published

2016-12-31

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Pérez-Liñán, A., Adeodato, J. M., & Santos, F. G. M. (2016). Opinion: Brazilian Political Crisis. Revista Publicum, 2(2), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.12957/publicum.2016.27017

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2016)

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Artigos Científicos

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