Oil and Democracy in Venezuela

Norman Gall; Braudel Papers 39 and 40, 2006

Research about Hugo Chávez, his "Bolivarian Revolution" and the long term processes in the Venezuelan society and economy, moved by the social marginality and the oil income.

Democratization of Consumption

Patrícia Mota Guedes, Nilson Vieira Oliveira; Braudel Papers 39, 2006

The poll with 1,092 families on the suburbs of the Greater São Paulo has shown that low-income families have been able to aim and acquire goods and services which were restricted to the higher classes, thanks to increasing credit offers, bringing higher debts with it; and that the lack of investments in the education threatens the conquests and the future development of these communities.

The "dry law" myth in criminality reduction (in Portuguese)

Nilson Vieira Oliveira, june 2006

The Brazil Changes Braudel (in Portuguese)

Luís Corrêa Lima, October 2005

The Role of police in the Reduction of Homicides (in Portuguese)

José Vicente da Silva, 2003

Tendencies of the Criminal Rates in the São Paulo Municipalities in 1995-2002 (in Portuguese)

José Peres Netto; June, 2003

Criminal and Demographic Variation Between 1995 and 2002 (in Portuguese)

José Peres Netto; April, 2003

Criminal Ranking of São Paulo Municipalities in 2002 (in Portuguese)

José Peres Netto; April, 2003

The Deal with FMI (in Portuguese)

Marcelo Allain, October, 2002

The Management of Public Education in São Paulo

Jane Wereford; June, 2002

Related Links

• Braudel Papers 32: Managing public education in São Paulo: English | Portuguese

Governability in São Paulo City (in Portuguese)

Marcos Mendes; February, 2002

Decentralization of the Fundamental Education — Evaluation of FUNDEF's Results (in Portuguese)

Marcos Mendes; 2001

São Paulo Municipalities Where the Number of Found Vehicles is Bigger than the Number of Stolen Ones (in Poruguese)

José Peres Netto; January 18, 2001

Bus Robbery in São Paulo City (in Portuguese)

José Peres Netto and José Vicente da Silva Filho; 2000

São Paulo's New Criminal Geography (in Portuguese)

José Vicente da Silva and José Peres Nettoi; 2000

Visiting FEBEM: the "new sighting" (in Portuguese)

Maria Luiza Marcilio; Jornal da USP, September 05, 2000

Constitutional Reform, fiscal decentralization and rent seeking behaviour: the case of Brazilian municipalities (in Portuguese)

Marcos Mendes; October, 2000

Brazil's New Capitalism

Juan de Onis; May-June, 2000

Open Letter to the President about Violence and Public Security (in Portuguese)

José Vicente da Silva and Norman Gall, April 14, 2000

Fiscal Responsability Law: Analysis and Alternatives (in Portuguese)

Marcos Mendes; March 25, 1999

Ranking of the coefficients by 10,000 inhabitants of the main fellonies on the middle-sized municipalities of São Paulo (40-99 thousands of inhabitants) in 1995-98 (in Portuguese)

José Peres Netto; 1998

Ranking of the coefficients by 10,000 inhabitants of the main fellonies on the big municipalities of São Paulo (more than 99 thousands of inhabitants) in 1995-98 (in Portuguese)

José Peres Netto; 1998

Note about the constitutional emend which limits the spending of the Chamber of Representatives (in Portuguese)

Marcos Mendes; 1998

Voting Incentives and Fiscal Unstability of States and Municipalities (in Portuguese)

Marcos Mendes; December, 1998

Police Strategies for Reducing Violence (in Portuguese)

José Vicente da Silva; November, 1998

New Fiscal Federalism Proposal (in Portuguese)

Marcoes Mendes; January, 1994

Energy and Chronic Inflation in Brazil (Graphs) (in Portuguese)

Diomedes Christodolou, Norman Gall and Roberto Y. Hukai; 1993