Support for Race-Targeted Affirmative Action in Brazil

This entry explores the current public assistance policies in Brazil, their structure, and effects. A majority of these policies have been developed and implemented gradually in response to the mandated universalization of social security in Brazil's 1988 Federal Constitution. Especially since 2000, Brazil achieved significant success in combating poverty and reducing inequality. This is due, ...

Added: May 1, 2026

Barriers to the Effective Implementation of Gender Equality Laws and Policies in Rural Ghana: Structure, Culture, Agency

Энчилл Г. Л., Iarskaia-Smirnova E. R., Asia and Africa today 2026 No. 3 P. 57–65

This qualitative study examines barriers to implementing gender equality laws in rural Ghana that occur despite progressive constitutional provisions. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 15 experts from NGOs, government, and academia, the analysis applies Margaret Archer’s morphogenetic theory of structure, culture, and agency. Structural barriers include institutional underfunding and weak enforcement mechanisms. Cultural conditioning manifests in entrenched norms such ...

Added: April 27, 2026

Ресурсный и производственный потенциал

Artsybasheva K., В кн.: Бразилия: повторение пройденного или рецепт обновления.: ИЛА РАН, 2025. Гл. 2.1 С. 40–54.

Серия «Саммит» — особый жанр. Его задача — в сжатом виде охарактеризовать современный облик рассматриваемой страны, показать ее значение в контексте международных отношений РФ, очертить возможности эффективного взаимодействия России с этим государством. Издание рассчитано на практиков, причастных к принятию решений высокого уровня. ...

Added: March 17, 2026

Бразилия: повторение пройденного или рецепт обновления

Симонова Л. Н., Окунева Л. С., Пятаков А. Н. et al., ИЛА РАН, 2025.

Added: March 17, 2026

Средние города в Бразилии: особенности современного развития и место в системе расселения

Artsybasheva K., Городские исследования и практики 2023 Т. 8 № 3 С. 6–32

This paper eхamines the phenomenon of medium-sized cities in Brazil, which in recent decades have played an increasingly prominent role in the socio-economic development of the country. The criterion of urban population in a municipality (between 100,000 and 500,000 people) is used to classify cities as medium-sized, but their geographical location and socio-economic characteristics are ...

Added: March 17, 2026

A Cabeça Religiosa do Brasileiro

Almeida A. C., Bailey S., Fialho F. M., , in: A Cabeça do Brasileiro: Vinte Anos Depois.: Sao Paulo: Difel, 2025. Ch. 1 P. 21–86.

The book chapter discusses religious and religiosity changes in Brazil over the 21st century. ...

Added: March 12, 2026

A Cabeça do Brasileiro: Vinte Anos Depois

Sao Paulo: Difel, 2025.

Added: March 12, 2026

Race and Non-electoral Political Participation in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States

Fialho F. M., Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics 2022 Vol. 7 No. 2 P. 262–293

This paper examines the context-dependent role of race as a predictor of non-electoral political participation. Prior country-level studies have documented group-level differences in a variety of forms of participation in South Africa and the United States, but have found few to no differences in Brazil. Why are members of one group more engaged in certain ...

Added: October 16, 2025

Оценка чувствительности банковских систем России и Бразилии к макроэкономическим шокам

Balanda B., ЭКО 2025 Т. 55 № 6 С. 222–240

The paper compares the influence of macroeconomic factors on the financial stability of the banking systems of Russia and Brazil using SVAR modeling in 2000-2020. It is commonly believed that the economies of Russia and Brazil are similar, but the study revealed significant differences in their banking systems. The Russian banking system has proven to ...

Added: July 16, 2025

Бразилия и Турция: восходящие державы в поисках статуса

Sergey A. Sherstyukov, Kosevich E., Iberoamérica 2025 No. 2 P. 147–169

Abstract. Researchers of international relations recently have begun to pay increasing attention not only to the material forces and capabilities of states, but also to the non-material factors that influence their behavior, such as the status. Brazil and Turkey, two countries recognized as ‘rising powers’, are using similar strategies to raise their status and prestige ...

Added: July 1, 2025

Evangelical jurists during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: religious liberty and the mediation of an emergent legal pluralism

Pinto de Abreu C. J., LEGAL PLURALISM AND CRITICAL SOCIAL ANALYSIS 2025 P. 1–26

This paper examines the rallying of evangelical jurists for religious freedom in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a context where a segment of evangelical leadership theologically minimized the health crisis by proclaiming that faith in God would protect believers from the virus, this group adopted a secular discourse based on human rights, religious liberty, ...

Added: June 3, 2025

Формирование повестки дня в БРИКС: глобальные проблемы и национальные интересы

Zelenova D., Андреева Т. А., Гришенькин М. С. et al., Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право 2025 Т. 17 № 5 С. 103–122

The article is based on a study of the ‘thematic portfolios’ of five BRICS summit declarations from 2019 to 2023 – adopted in Brasília, Moscow, New Delhi, Beijing, and Johannesburg. A combination of quantitative and qualitative sentiment analysis enables the authors to identify common values that correspond to the so-called “BRICS spirit,” as well as ...

Added: April 29, 2025