The Transparency Frontier in Brazilian Foreign Policy

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Autor(a) principal: Waisbich,Laura Trajber
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Cetra,Raísa, Marchezini,Joara
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Contexto Internacional
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-85292017000100179
Resumo: Abstract In 2011, Brazil finally approved a Freedom of Information (FOI) Act that recognises and regulates the right to public information. However, scholars have paid insufficient attention to its impact on Brazilian foreign policy. How has the Brazilian ministry of foreign affairs responded and adapted to this new law? Has it been adequately implemented, and if not, in what ways? Also, how do these challenges in promoting transparent foreign policy connect to the broader debate about democratising Brazilian foreign policy? This article analyses the implementation of the FOI Act by mapping all the requests for information refused by the foreign affairs ministry since 2012, and exploring its legal and political justifications for withholding information. We further argue that the ministry’s adherence to the law is an important factor in the democratisation of foreign policy-making in Brazil.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Transparency Frontier in Brazilian Foreign Policy
title The Transparency Frontier in Brazilian Foreign Policy
spellingShingle The Transparency Frontier in Brazilian Foreign Policy
Waisbich,Laura Trajber
Brazilian Foreign Policy
Transparency
Public Policy
Freedom of Information
Democratisation
title_short The Transparency Frontier in Brazilian Foreign Policy
title_full The Transparency Frontier in Brazilian Foreign Policy
title_fullStr The Transparency Frontier in Brazilian Foreign Policy
title_full_unstemmed The Transparency Frontier in Brazilian Foreign Policy
title_sort The Transparency Frontier in Brazilian Foreign Policy
author Waisbich,Laura Trajber
author_facet Waisbich,Laura Trajber
Cetra,Raísa
Marchezini,Joara
author_role author
author2 Cetra,Raísa
Marchezini,Joara
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Waisbich,Laura Trajber
Cetra,Raísa
Marchezini,Joara
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Brazilian Foreign Policy
Transparency
Public Policy
Freedom of Information
Democratisation
topic Brazilian Foreign Policy
Transparency
Public Policy
Freedom of Information
Democratisation
description Abstract In 2011, Brazil finally approved a Freedom of Information (FOI) Act that recognises and regulates the right to public information. However, scholars have paid insufficient attention to its impact on Brazilian foreign policy. How has the Brazilian ministry of foreign affairs responded and adapted to this new law? Has it been adequately implemented, and if not, in what ways? Also, how do these challenges in promoting transparent foreign policy connect to the broader debate about democratising Brazilian foreign policy? This article analyses the implementation of the FOI Act by mapping all the requests for information refused by the foreign affairs ministry since 2012, and exploring its legal and political justifications for withholding information. We further argue that the ministry’s adherence to the law is an important factor in the democratisation of foreign policy-making in Brazil.
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