Part One: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
1. The Risk of Reelection: Brazil on the Brink of Consolidating a Decade-long Autocratization Process, Marina Slhessarenko Barreto (Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP), Brazil)
2. Brazilian Legislative in the Crisis of Democracy, Daniela Costanzo (Sciences Po Paris/CEBRAP, Brazil)
3. The Day After: The Role of Campaign Finance in Brazilian Right Political Parties, Helena Funari (Getulio Vargas Foundation and Yale Law School, Brazil/USA)
4. Challenges of Antipartisanship to Democratic Representation: Reflections on the Brazilian Workers' Party Opposition, Mariana Chaise (Center for Public Opinion Studies/State University of Campinas, Brazil)
5. Is Horizontal Accountability a Bandwagon? Courts as Regulators of Political Competition, Gabriela Armani (Harvard University, USA)
6. Supreme Court in Crisis: Guardian of the Constitution or Catalyst of Ruptures?, Marjorie Marona (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Mariana Elis (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Part Two: ECONOMY AND SOCIAL RIGHTS
7. Housing and Evictions: The Home at the Center of the Democracy Crisis, Bianca Tavolari (Getulio Vargas Foundation/ CEBRAP, Brazil)
8. Protecting Workers, Protecting Democracy: The Regulatory Challenge of Platform Work in Brazil, Lígia Toneto (State University of Campinas, Brazil)
9. Making Care a National Policy in Brazil: Relevance and Potential for Social Change, Monise Picanço and Priscila Vieira (CEBRAP, Brazil)
10. Why and When Economic Elites Espouse Antidemocratic Solutions Nicole Herscovici (Northwestern University, USA)
11. Brazilian Economic Policies in Times of Crises (TBD)
Part Three: POLITICAL STRUGGLES AND CIVIL SOCIETY
12. Common Enemies: How Conservative and Reactionary Groups Shape Rights to Build the Image of their Antagonists in Brazil, Ana Silva (State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Adriane Sanctis de Brito (Harvard University, USA), Luciana Reis (University of São Paulo, Brazil) and Mariana Amaral (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
13. Social Trajectories and Conceptions of Institutional Politics: The Role of Women in the Parliamentary Agriculture Front, Yasmim Kananda and Carolina Pulici (Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil)
14. Therapeutic Communities and Brazilian Democracy: An Analysis of the Brazilian State in the Last Decade, Cláudia Serathiuk and Priscila Fortini (Federal University of Paraná, Brazil)
15. Navigating the Abyss: The Institutionalization of Homelessness Policies During Brazil's Democratic Backslide, Laura Salatino (Getulio Vargas Foundation and Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil) and Erica Stella (Center for Metropolitan Studies, Germany)
Part Four: STATE VIOLENCE
16. Reparation in Brazilian Democracy: How the State Confronts its Own Acts of Violence, Carla Osmo (Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil) and Luisa Plastino (Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil)
17. Policies to Combat Violence Against Black Youth: The Achilles' heel of Brazilian Democracy, Victoria Braga (University of São Paulo/CEBRAP, Brazil)
18. Policing, Punishment, and Power: Brazil's Journey from Redemocratization to Carceral Expansion, Carolina Soares Nunes Pereira (State University of Campinas, Brazil) and Fernanda Reis Nunes Pereira (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
19. The Punishments of Women and the Production of Life and Death in the Context of Imprisonment, Ana Gabriela Braga (São Paulo State University, Brazil) and Viviane Balbuglio (Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil)
20. Life in the Grip of Non-carceral Control: The Reach and Everyday Effects of Brazil's Expanding Penal Net, Ana Clara Klink (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Part Five: GENDER, RACE AND SOCIAL POLICIES
21. Feminist and LGBT Movements and the Construction of Democracy in Brazil, Beatriz Sanchez (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
22. “It's for Women's Lives”: The Dispute over Abortion Rights Between the New Right and Feminists, Fabiola Fanti (Center for Critical Imagination/CEBRAP, Brazil)
23. Presence, Retention, and Progression: The Growing (and Recent) Trajectory of Motherhood-inclusive Policies in Brazilian Academia, Camila Infanger (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
24. Antifeminism in Brazil: A Decade of Developments, Renata Nagamine (CEBRAP, Brazil) and Olívia Barbosa (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
25. Navigating Polarization: The Influence of Democratic Backsliding on Elementary School Teachers, Juliana Rocha Miranda and Gabriela Lotta (Getulio Vargas Foundation and Center for Metropolitan Studies, Brazil)
26. The Silent Dismantling of Affirmative Action and Diversity Policies, Anna Carolina Venturini (CEBRAP, Brazil)
27. Access to Justice Under Attack: Judiciary's Efficiency versus the Right to Justice for People in Vulnerable Situations, Julia Drummond and Luciana Gross (Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil)
28. Between Erosions and Reconstructions: Indigenous Rights in Brazil (2019-2024), Alina Ribeiro (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Part Six: DIGITALIZATION AND FREE SPEECH
29. Navigating Digital Influence: Insights from Brazil's Political Landscape from 2011 to 2024 and Beyond, Nina Santos (Aláfia Lab and Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology for Digital Democracy, Brazil)
30. The Pablo Marçal Phenomenon: Far-right, Youth and the Influence Industry, Thais Pavez (Center for the Study of Citizenship Rights, Brazil), Camila Rocha (CEBRAP, Brazil) and Esther Solano (Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil)
31. The STF and Content Regulation in Brazil – Power Wrestling and Freedom of Speech in the Age of the Internet, Ana Beatriz Robalinho (University of Brasilia Law School, Brazil)
32. Has the Discourse of the Brazilian Far-right Become More Democratic? Luiza Foltran (CEBRAP, Brazil)
Part Seven: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CRISIS
33. Brazilian Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) at the Forefront of Environmental Protection, Carla Vitória Barbosa (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
34. The Challenge of Building Consensus: Brazilian Executive and Legislative Branches and the Climate Agenda, Joyce Luz and Luiza Lacava (Foundation School of Sociology and Political Science of São Paulo, Brazil)
35. No Planet Big Enough For The Two Of Us: How Climate Denialism Made It Into Jair Bolsonaro's Cultural Project Against Democracy, Heloísa Traiano (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany)