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Politics
and Public Policies
1-) "Housing policies and housing conditions in São
Paulo"
The
research analysis the recent housing policies developed
in Sao Paulo as well as investigates the main popular
housing alternatives in the metropolis. The work collects
primary data on housing policies and different housing
alternatives from public municipal agencies in addition
to geocoded database that allows the superposition of
census tracts information. Using a Geographic Information
System (GIS), the research characterizes the population
living in each type of housing alternatives – favelas
and other types of settlements, questioning the results
from the urban studies and urban sociology literature.
Coordinator:
Eduardo Marques
Research
Assistant: Camila Saraiva
Trainee:
Renata Gonçalves
2-)
"The economic realms of the paulista elite"
The objective of this research is to analyze the economic
relations that take place within the elite in São
Paulo, dating from mid-1970s onwards. This investigation
dialogues with other researches carried out in the Department
of Political Science/USP and at CEM/Cebrap, which basically
analyzes local politics in São Paulo, the field of
local power and the political process dynamics in recent
years.
This
is an original empirical research on the properties of
the companies in the “Junta Comercial do Estado de
São Paulo” (Commercial Association from the
State of Sao Paulo) and in the “Bolsa de Valores
de São Paulo” (Sao Paulo Stock Exchange
center).
The
material is analyzed using a social network methodology,
which crosses people and entities names checking the sort
of links that are established. This methodology allows
the observation of the social connections and the structure
of the economic relations within the elite as well as
its dynamics over time.
Coordinator: Eduardo Marques
Trainee:
Mariana Kruschin
3.)
"Political representation in São Paulo"
The research investigates patterns of voting distribution
in different representation levels (municipal, state and
federal) and offices in dispute (Executive and Legislative)
based on election results and social-economic data on
the electorate. It tries to test theses on the social
bases of the political representation and to analyze its
relationship with the formulation and implementation of
public policies.
Coordinators: Argelina
Cheibub Figueiredo, Fernando Limongi
Trainee:
Lara Mesquita
4.)
"Analysis of the transformations in the distribution
of metropolitan health equipment"
The project examines the transformations concerning the
supply and demand for health services and equipment, aiming
to evaluate the balance between the investments made and
the demand of the population. It also aims to identify the
participation of the private sector in the financing of
high complex procedures, besides a characterization of the
kind of population that has access to these services.
Coordinator: Vera Schattan Coelho
Research
Assistant: Nílian Cristina da Silva
5.)
"Spatial dynamics of the supply and demand for elementary
education in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo
(MRSP)"
The research seeks to verify local conditions of supply
and demand for elementary education in the MRSP, highlighting
areas that present a high concentration of children and
high rates of population growth, in order to identify potential
demand for expansion in the school system. This research
uses as databases the census tract maps, associated with
the respective databases of the Brazilian School Census.
Coordinator: Haroldo da Gama Torres
Research
Assistant :Sandra Gomes
Trainee:
Paola Gambarotto
6-)
"Social dyamics, segregation and poverty in São
Paulo"
This
project aims to analyze recent social dynamics in the
metropolitan region of São Paulo (MRSP) with an
emphasis on the situations of urban poverty and social
segregation processes in the territory. The project makes
use of existent cartography and/or produced especially
for this investigation as well as demographic data and
equipments such as schools, health units, social assistance,
sports, culture and leisure.
From
the crossing of these different information, the research
investigates the social situations in the metropolis,
the effects of segregation processes on the social vulnerability
conditions, unequal access to the public policies and
other urban benefits more generally.
Coordinator: Marta Arretche
Researcher: Daniel Vazquez
Trainee:
William Silva dos Santos
7.)
"State and infrastructure policies: political choices,
social network and distributive consequences" - research
concluded in December 2003
The study analyzes spatial and historical dynamics of
the policies on urban infrastructure (including drainage,
canalization, transport system, paving and large structures)
and its social impacts. The research is based on documental
sources relating to contracts signed by the public administration
and interviews, using the social network method of analysis.
Coordinators:
Eduardo Marques, Haroldo da Gama Torres.
Research
Assistant: Maria Paula Ferreira, Sandra Gomes,
Renata Mirandola Bichir, Camila Saraiva.
Trainees:
Renata Gonçalves, Paola Gambarotto.
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