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Deputies and Bussiness World Lobbying in Argentina and Brazil: The Emergence of a Specialist’s Category

Abstract

This article proposes to describe different characteristics from deputies in Argentina and Brasil who are, at the same time, representants of business world. To work this, we use the tools bringing by Salamanca University program of Parliamentarian Elites in Latin America. This work is developed under direction of Manuel Alcántara Saéz from 1994. The results show us the emergence of a new category of specialist in representation of interest. This phenomenon is possible thanks to opportunities open by democracy in both cases, more than sociologic characteristics. The essay tries to discuss theories that emphasizes the emergence of new politics linked with globalization process.

KEYWORDS:
legislators; bussiness world deputies; Argentina; Brazil; democracy

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