This article presents, in the first place, an inventory of academic production on the entrepreneurial sector as a political actor in Brazil. We intend to argue that since the early 1950s and until the present, an important part of this literature is centered around a fundamental debate: whether the Brazilian entrepreneurial class should be considered a "weak" or a "strong" political actor. In the second place, we propose a research agenda on the issue. For such purposes, we raise issues that, when taken together, provide a wide-ranging script for study on the topic. In expounding this script, we identify elements that can be explored by the community of social scientists that have interest in the issue.
entrepreneurial sector; bourgeoisie; corporatism
