Dados is one of the most widely-read social sciences journals in Latin America. Created in 1966, it publishes innovative works, originating from academic research, by Brazilian and foreign authors. Edited by IESP-UERJ, it aims to reconcile scientific rigor and academic excellence with an emphasis on public debate based on the analysis of substantive issues of society and politics.
Dados vol. 48 n. 3 Rio de Janeiro jul./set. 2005
Abstract
The central objective of this study was to analyze the work of the Judiciary Branch in the privatizations process carried out in Brazil during the 1990s. The article attempts to demonstrate that although the Judiciary has been called on as arbiter of political conflicts, in the case of privatizations it did not respond to this demand, leaving incomplete what we refer to as a judicialization cycle, without which one cannot speak of the judicialization of politics per se. Finally, the article seeks to call attention to the need to exercise greater parsimony and precision with the term 'judicialization of politics', increasingly present in Brazilian political science analyses.
Keywords: judicialization of politics, privatizations, Brazilian Judiciary Branch
DOI: 10.1590/S0011-52582005000300004
The judiciary and privatizations in Brazil: is there the judicialization of politics?
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