Perspectivas teóricas e metodológicas na análise de políticas públicas: usos e abordagens no Brasil

Abstract

The article presents a survey of the most used theoretical approaches in Brazil for the analysis of public policies, particularly as a sub-area of political science, having as main reference the papers presented at ANPOCS annual meetings and, secondarily, at ABCP meetings. The area’s production growth in the last thirty years is highlighted, accompanying the growth of public policies in the country. It is also worth noting the greater density of this production, which is increasingly better informed theoretically, and its theoretical and methodological challenges.