Lobby e representação de interesses : lobistas e seu impacto sobre a representação de interesse no Brasil

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

RESUMO

This paper evaluates the work of lobbyists ;n order to look into their relationship with the Legislative and Executive powers, their clients and above ali, their strategies of action used to achieve their objectives. As the lobbying activity has many ways of operation, we divide the into four types: public lobbying; institutional lobbying; class lobbying and private lobbying. Our analysis, however, was limited to comparing class lobbying and private lobbying. The full development of lobbying in Brazil was made possible only with the strengthening of the Legislative power. which resulted from the process of re-democratization of the country. However, the present predominance of the Executive power over the Legislative, makes the focus of lobbying in Brazil be aimed at both powers. Therefore, the focus of the lobbyist depends on the interest to be defended and who proposed the issue which interests them. The relationship between lobbyists and clients is tense due to the strong marginality stigma carried by lobbying. The client is suspicious of the methods of the lobbyist and the lobbyist is suspicious of the client s intentions. In spite of this, the lobbying activity is needed so that a communication channel is created between the civil society and the State. This communication channel is a two-way street, for it improves the image of the company as well as enables the exchange of ideas and information with the public in general, which will subsidize their decision-making process, and will make the company or entity a qualified state interlocutor. The strategies of action which are common among the four types of lobbying are: leg;slative and politics supervision, development of technical studies which subsidize the information that provides decision makers and the debate which consists of making an argument in order to convince. The great public visibility, legitimacy, the capacity of mobilization of their basis and the consensual and majoritary character of the interests defended by the class entities analyzed, are factors which makes them stand out of the consulting and lobbying offices, which usually defend specific and particular interests. Lobbying carried on in Brazil is reactive, since in a country where the Executive power proposes 85% of the bills of law and rules several areas which affect the operation of the private initiative, it would be difficult to present a propositive action. In spite of ali controversy, lobbying regulations are defended by lobbyists and by public authorities, once based on clear rules, the lobbyist would be able to contribute to the transparence in the dccision making process and the wrongful notion of illegality would also come to an end. However, it seems that there is a lack of political willingness frem some members of Parliament and the regulation of the activity will have to expect more scathing debates from the Legislative power as well as the Executive.

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grupos de pressão governo representativo e representação lobby

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