Poder legislativo e política externa no Brasil: jogando com as regras

Abstract

Quais são os cursos de ação que um legislador talentoso, com preferências intensas em alguma área de política externa, seria capaz de identificar no atual arranjo institucional brasileiro, com vistas a ampliar a sua participação no processo decisório relacionado a tal tema? Este artigo toma como objeto o processo decisório relativo à política externa brasileira, dividindo-o, analiticamente, em dois tempos: o primeiro tempo abriga o jogo ex ante do exame das matérias de política externa pelo Poder Legislativo, ou seja, antes de as proposições serem formalmente apresentadas para tramitação e decisão legislativas. No segundo tempo, é jogado o jogo ex post no início da apreciação formal das referidas proposições pelo Poder Legislativo, sejam quais forem os seus autores. Para tanto, foi mobilizado o conceito de heresthetics, de William Riker, significando a capacidade de estruturar o mundo de forma a ganhar o jogo, transformando a situação de desfavorável em favorável para consecução de seus objetivos.

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