Sumários

O modelo das etapas: a formulação e a legitimação da decisão política

21 Outubro 2026, 20:30 • João José Trocado da Mata


A definição da solução, dos objetivos e escolha dos instrumentos

• A formulação e a legitimação da decisão política: a formulação como processo técnico e político
• A natureza das políticas públicas: as tipologias de Lowi e Wilson
• Instrumentos ou meios de ação
• Modelos analíticos que procuram explicar a formulação e a decisão política


Bibliografia

Anderson, James (2003). Public Policymaking. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Birkland, Thomas (2011, 2020). An introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts and Models of Public Policy, New York, Routledge.

Cairney, Paul (2011, 2020). Understanding Public Policy, London, Red Globe Press.

Cohen, Michael, James March e Johan Olsen (1972). “A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice” in: Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 17, n.º 1 (Mar.), pp.1-25.

Dolowitz, David e David Marsh (1996). 'Who Learns What from Whom: a Review of the Policy Transfer Literature', Political Studies, 44, 343-357.

Dolowitz, David e David Marsh (2000). 'Learning from Abroad: The Role of Policy Transfer in Contemporary Policy Making', Governance, 13 (1), 5-24.

Hill, Michael, e Fréderic Varone (2007, 2017). The Public Policy Process, New York, Routledge.

Hill, Michael e Peter Hupe (2006). “Analysing Policy Process as a multiple governance: accountability in social policy”. Policy and Politics, 34. 

Holzinger, Katharina e Christoph Knill (2005). “Causes and conditions of cross-national policy convergence”, Journal of European Public Policy, October: 775–796.

Howlett, Michael, M. Ramesh, e Anthony Perl (1995, 2020). Studying Public Policy: Principles and Processes. Oxford University Press.

Howlett, Michael (2019). The Policy Design Primer. Choosing the Right Tools for the Job. New York, Routledge.

Jobert, Bruno e Pierre Muller (1987). L´État en Action: Politiques Publiques et Corporatismes, Paris, Puf.

Knoepfel, Peter, Corrine Larrue, Frédéric Varone, e Michael Hill (2011). Public Policy Analysis. Bristol, Polity Press University of Bristol.

Knoepfel, Peter (2018). Public Policy Resources. Bristol. Policy Press. 

Lindblom, Charles (1959). "The Science of Muddling Through", Public Administration Review, Vol. 19, n.º 2 (Spring), pp. 79-88.

Lowi, Theodore (1972). “Four Systems of Policy, Politics, and Choice”, Public Administration Review, Vol. 32, No. 4. (Jul-Aug), pp. 298-310.

Marin, Bernd e Renate Mayntz (ed.) (1991). “Introduction: studying policy networks” in Policy Networks. Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Considerations. Frankfurt, am. Main: Campus

Page, Edward (2003). “The civil servant as legislator: law making in British administration” Public Administration, 81, 4.

Page, Edward e Bill Jenkins (2005). Policy Bureaucracy, Oxford, Oxford University Press.

Peters, B., Jon Pierre e Desmond King (2005). “the politics of path dependency: political conflict in historical institutionalism”, The Journal of Politics, 67, 4. 

Pierson Paul (1996). “The path to european integration. A historical institutionalist analysis” in Comparative Political Studies, 29, 2.

Pierson, Paul (2000). “Increasing returns, path dependence and the study of politics”, American Political Science Review, 92 (4). 

Sabatier, Paul A, (2007, 2019). Theories of the Policy Process, Colorado, Westview Press. 

Simon, Herbert (1978). “Rationality as a process and as a product of thought”, The American Economic Review, 68, 2, pp. 1-16.

Surel, Yves (2000). “The role of cognitive and normative frames in policy making” Journal of European Public Policy, 7, 4, p. 495-512.

Tsebelis, George (2002). Veto Players: How political Institutions Work, Princeton, Princeton University Press.

O modelo das etapas: A emergência do problema e o agendamento

19 Outubro 2026, 18:00 • João José Trocado da Mata


A emergência do problema

  • O questionamento da objetividade dos problemas sociais
  • A construção social dos problemas
  • A função estratégica da definição dos problemas


O agendamento

  • Respostas das autoridades públicas a problemas reconhecidos como exigindo intervenção pública
  • Determinantes do agendamento


Bibliografia


Anderson, J. (2011). Public policymaking. Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

Anderson, C. W. (1978), “The logic of public problems: Evaluation in comparative policy research”, D. E. Ashford (org.), Comparing Public Policies. New Concepts and Methods (pp. 19-41), Sage Publications.

Araújo, L., & Rodrigues, M. de L. (2017). Modelos de análise de políticas públicas. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, (83).

Bachrach, P., & Baratz, S. (1962). Two faces of power. American Political Science Review, 56(4), 947–952.

Bachrach, P., & Baratz, S. (1963). Decisions and non-decisions: An analytical framework. American Political Science Review, 57(3), 632–642.

Bardach, E., & Patashnik, E. M. (2016). A practical guide for policy analysis: The eightfold path to more effective problem solving (5th ed.). CQ Press.

Baumgartner, F., & Jones, B. (1993). Agendas and instability in American politics. University of Chicago Press.

Birkland, T. (1997). After disaster: Agenda setting, public policy, and focusing events. Georgetown University Press.

Birkland, T. (2007). Lessons of disaster. Georgetown University Press.

Birkland, T. (2020). An introduction to the policy process. Routledge.

Blumer, H. (1971). “Social Problems as Collective Behavior”, Social Problems, Vol. 18(3), pp.298-306.

Cairney, P. (2020). Understanding public policy. Red Globe Press.

Cobb, R., & Elder, C. (1972). Participation in American politics: The dynamics of agenda-building. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Dearing, J., & Rogers, E. (1996). Agenda-setting. Stanford University Press.

Dewey, J. (2026, 1927). The public and its problems. Amazon Fullfilment.

Dolowitz, D., & Marsh, D. (2000). Learning from abroad: The role of policy transfer in contemporary policy making. Governance, 13(1), 5–24.

Downs, A. (1972). Up and down with ecology: The issue-attention cycle. The Public Interest, (28).

Dye, T. (2005). Understanding public policy (13.ª ed.). Longman.

Gusfield, J. R. (1981), The Culture of Public Problems. Drinking-Driving and the Symbolic Order, The University of Chicago Press.

Hill, M., & Varone, F. (2017). The public policy process. Routledge.

Hogwood, B. W., & Gunn, L. A. (1988). Policy analysis for the real world. Oxford University Press.

Howlett, M., & Ramesh, M. (2003). Studying public policy: Policy cycles and policy subsystems. Oxford University Press.

Jenkins, W. I. (1978). Policy analysis: A political and organisational perspective. Martin Robertson.

Jones, C. O. (1984). An introduction to the study of public policy (3rd ed.). Brooks/Cole.

Kingdon, J. (2003). Agendas, alternatives, and public policies. Longman.

Knill, C., & Tosun, J. (2012). Public policy: A new introduction. Palgrave Macmillan.

Knoepfel, P., Larrue, C., Varone, F., & Hill, M. (2011). Public policy analysis. Polity Press.

Lasswell, H. D. (1956). The decision process: Seven categories of functional analysis. University of Maryland Press.

Mata, J.T., & Rodrigues, M.L. (2026). O que são as políticas públicas? In J.T. Mata & M.L. Rodrigues (Coords.), Exercícios de análise de políticas públicas 3 (pp. 3-9). Mundos Sociais.

McCombs, M., & Shaw, D. (1972). The agenda-setting function of mass media. Public Opinion Quarterly, 36(2), 176–187.

McCombs, M. (2014). Setting the agenda. Polity Press.

Parsons, W. (1996). Public policy: An introduction to the theory and practice of policy analysis. Edward Elgar.

Quiñones, E. (2015). Políticas públicas: Métodos conceptuales y métodos de evaluación. Universidad Continental.

Rochefort, D. A., & Cobb, R. W. (1994), “Problem definition: An emerging perspective”, D. A. Rochefort & R. W. Cobb (orgs.), The Politics of Problem Definition: Shaping the Policy Agenda (pp. 1-31), University Press of Kansas.

Rodrigues, M. de L. (2014). O modelo das etapas e a análise das políticas públicas. In M. de L. Rodrigues (Coord.), Cadernos de exercícios de análise de políticas públicas (pp. 17–34). INCM.

Sabatier, P. A. (2019). Theories of the policy process. Westview Press.

Stone, D. A. (2012). Policy paradox: The art of political decision making (3rd ed.). W. W. Norton & Company.

Stone, D. (1989). Causal Stories and the Formation of Policy Agendas. Political Science Quarterly.

Theodoulou, S., & Cahn, M. (1995). Public policy: The essential readings. Prentice Hall.

Zahariadis, N. (2016). Setting the agenda on agenda setting: Definitions, concepts, and controversies. In N. Zahariadis (Ed.), Handbook of public policy agenda setting (pp. 1–22). Edward Elgar Publishing.

O modelo das etapas: a emergência do problema e o agendamento

14 Outubro 2026, 20:30 • João José Trocado da Mata


A emergência do problema

  • O questionamento da objetividade dos problemas sociais
  • A construção social dos problemas
  • A função estratégica da definição dos problemas


O agendamento

  • Respostas das autoridades públicas a problemas reconhecidos como exigindo intervenção pública
  • Determinantes do agendamento


Bibliografia


Anderson, J. (2011). Public policymaking. Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

Anderson, C. W. (1978), “The logic of public problems: Evaluation in comparative policy research”, D. E. Ashford (org.), Comparing Public Policies. New Concepts and Methods (pp. 19-41), Sage Publications.

Araújo, L., & Rodrigues, M. de L. (2017). Modelos de análise de políticas públicas. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, (83).

Bachrach, P., & Baratz, S. (1962). Two faces of power. American Political Science Review, 56(4), 947–952.

Bachrach, P., & Baratz, S. (1963). Decisions and non-decisions: An analytical framework. American Political Science Review, 57(3), 632–642.

Bardach, E., & Patashnik, E. M. (2016). A practical guide for policy analysis: The eightfold path to more effective problem solving (5th ed.). CQ Press.

Baumgartner, F., & Jones, B. (1993). Agendas and instability in American politics. University of Chicago Press.

Birkland, T. (1997). After disaster: Agenda setting, public policy, and focusing events. Georgetown University Press.

Birkland, T. (2007). Lessons of disaster. Georgetown University Press.

Birkland, T. (2020). An introduction to the policy process. Routledge.

Blumer, H. (1971). “Social Problems as Collective Behavior”, Social Problems, Vol. 18(3), pp.298-306.

Cairney, P. (2020). Understanding public policy. Red Globe Press.

Cobb, R., & Elder, C. (1972). Participation in American politics: The dynamics of agenda-building. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Dearing, J., & Rogers, E. (1996). Agenda-setting. Stanford University Press.

Dewey, J. (2026, 1927). The public and its problems. Amazon Fullfilment.

Dolowitz, D., & Marsh, D. (2000). Learning from abroad: The role of policy transfer in contemporary policy making. Governance, 13(1), 5–24.

Downs, A. (1972). Up and down with ecology: The issue-attention cycle. The Public Interest, (28).

Dye, T. (2005). Understanding public policy (13.ª ed.). Longman.

Gusfield, J. R. (1981), The Culture of Public Problems. Drinking-Driving and the Symbolic Order, The University of Chicago Press.

Hill, M., & Varone, F. (2017). The public policy process. Routledge.

Hogwood, B. W., & Gunn, L. A. (1988). Policy analysis for the real world. Oxford University Press.

Howlett, M., & Ramesh, M. (2003). Studying public policy: Policy cycles and policy subsystems. Oxford University Press.

Jenkins, W. I. (1978). Policy analysis: A political and organisational perspective. Martin Robertson.

Jones, C. O. (1984). An introduction to the study of public policy (3rd ed.). Brooks/Cole.

Kingdon, J. (2003). Agendas, alternatives, and public policies. Longman.

Knill, C., & Tosun, J. (2012). Public policy: A new introduction. Palgrave Macmillan.

Knoepfel, P., Larrue, C., Varone, F., & Hill, M. (2011). Public policy analysis. Polity Press.

Lasswell, H. D. (1956). The decision process: Seven categories of functional analysis. University of Maryland Press.

Mata, J.T., & Rodrigues, M.L. (2026). O que são as políticas públicas? In J.T. Mata & M.L. Rodrigues (Coords.), Exercícios de análise de políticas públicas 3 (pp. 3-9). Mundos Sociais.

McCombs, M., & Shaw, D. (1972). The agenda-setting function of mass media. Public Opinion Quarterly, 36(2), 176–187.

McCombs, M. (2014). Setting the agenda. Polity Press.

Parsons, W. (1996). Public policy: An introduction to the theory and practice of policy analysis. Edward Elgar.

Quiñones, E. (2015). Políticas públicas: Métodos conceptuales y métodos de evaluación. Universidad Continental.

Rochefort, D. A., & Cobb, R. W. (1994), “Problem definition: An emerging perspective”, D. A. Rochefort & R. W. Cobb (orgs.), The Politics of Problem Definition: Shaping the Policy Agenda (pp. 1-31), University Press of Kansas.

Rodrigues, M. de L. (2014). O modelo das etapas e a análise das políticas públicas. In M. de L. Rodrigues (Coord.), Cadernos de exercícios de análise de políticas públicas (pp. 17–34). INCM.

Sabatier, P. A. (2019). Theories of the policy process. Westview Press.

Stone, D. A. (2012). Policy paradox: The art of political decision making (3rd ed.). W. W. Norton & Company.

Stone, D. (1989). Causal Stories and the Formation of Policy Agendas. Political Science Quarterly.

Theodoulou, S., & Cahn, M. (1995). Public policy: The essential readings. Prentice Hall.

Zahariadis, N. (2016). Setting the agenda on agenda setting: Definitions, concepts, and controversies. In N. Zahariadis (Ed.), Handbook of public policy agenda setting (pp. 1–22). Edward Elgar Publishing.

O modelo das etapas: Evolução e propostas

12 Outubro 2026, 18:00 • João José Trocado da Mata


O modelo das etapas

 

·      Evolução e propostas;

·      Características;

·      Potencialidades e limitações.

 

A emergência do problema

 

·      O questionamento da objetividade dos problemas sociais;

·      A construção social dos problemas;

·      A função estratégica da definição dos problemas. 


Bibliografia 

Araújo, Luísa, e Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues (2017). "Modelos de Análise de Políticas  Públicas", Sociologia Problemas e Práticas, n.º 83.

Bardach, Eugene (2009). A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis, Washington DC, CQPress.

Baumgartner, Frank, e Bryan Jones (1993). Agendas and Instability in American Politics. Chicago, University of Chicago Press.

Birkland, Thomas (2020). An Introduction to the Policy Process, New York, Routledge.

Cohen, Michael, James March, e Johan Olsen (1972). "A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice", in: Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 17, n.o 1 (Mar), pp. 1-25.

Hill, Michael, e Fréderic Varone (2007, 2017). The Public Policy Process, New York, Routledge; Hogwood, Brian, e Lewis Gunn (1984). Policy Analysis for the Real World. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc.

Hogwood,  Brian, e  Lewis   Gunn  (1984).  Policy  Analysis for the Real World. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc.

Jenkins, William (1978), Policy Analysis. A Political and Organizational Perspective, Oxford, Blackwell.

Kingdon, John (1984). Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies, New York, Longman.

Knill, Christoph, e Jale Tosun (2012). Public Policy: A New Introduction, Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan.

Knoepfel, Peter, Corrine Larrue, Frédéric Varone, e Michael Hill (2011). Public Policy Analysis. Bristol, Polity Press University of Bristol.

Lasswell, Harold D. (1956), The Decision Process. Seven Categories of Functional Analysis, College Park, MD, University of Maryland Press.

Parsons, Wayne (1996). Public Policy: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Policy Analysis, Edward Elgar Pub. 

Quiñones, Edgar (2015). Políticas Públicas: Métodos Conceptuales y Métodos de Evaluatión, Huncayo, Universidad Continental; 

Rodrigues, Maria de Lurdes (2014). O modelo das etapas e a análise das políticas públicas, in: Rodrigues, Maria de Lurdes (coord.). Exercícios de Análise de Políticas Públicas, Lisboa, INCM.

Sabatier, Paul A, (2007, 2019). Theories of the Policy Process, Colorado, Westview Press. 

O modelo das etapas: Evolução e propostas

7 Outubro 2026, 20:30 • João José Trocado da Mata


O modelo das etapas


·      Evolução e propostas;

·      Características;

·      Potencialidades e limitações.

 

A emergência do problema


·      O questionamento da objetividade dos problemas sociais;

·      A construção social dos problemas;

·      A função estratégica da definição dos problemas. 


Bibliografia:

Anderson, J. E. (2011). Public policymaking (7th ed.). Wadsworth.

Anderson, C. W. (1978), “The logic of public problems: Evaluation in comparative policy research”, D. E. Ashford (org.), Comparing Public Policies. New Concepts and Methods (pp. 19-41), Sage Publications.

Araújo, L., & Rodrigues, M. de L. (2017). Modelos de análise das políticas públicas. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, 83, 11–35. 

Bardach, E., & Patashnik, E. M. (2016). A practical guide for policy analysis: The eightfold path to more effective problem solving (5th ed.). CQ Press.

Baumgartner, F. R., & Jones, B. D. (1993). Agendas and instability in American politics. University of Chicago Press.

Birkland, T. A. (2020). An introduction to the policy process: Theories, concepts, and models of public policy making. Routledge.

Blumer, H. (1971). “Social Problems as Collective Behavior”, Social Problems, Vol. 18(3), pp.298-306.

Cohen, M. D., March, J. G., & Olsen, J. P. (1972). A garbage can model of organizational choice. Administrative Science Quarterly, 17(1), 1–25.

Dewey, J. (2026, 1927). The public and its problems. Amazon Fullfilment.

Dye, T. R. (1972). Understanding public policy. Prentice-Hall.

Gusfield, J. R. (1981), The Culture of Public Problems. Drinking-Driving and the Symbolic Order, The University of Chicago Press.

Hill, M., & Varone, F. (2017). The public policy process (7th ed.). Routledge.

Hogwood, B. W., & Gunn, L. A. (1988). Policy analysis for the real world. Oxford University Press.

Jenkins, W. I. (1978). Policy analysis: A political and organisational perspective. Martin Robertson.

Jones, C. O. (1984). An introduction to the study of public policy (3rd ed.). Brooks/Cole.

Kingdon, J. W. (1984). Agendas, alternatives, and public policies. Longman.

Knill, C., & Tosun, J. (2012). Public policy: A new introduction. Palgrave Macmillan.

Knoepfel, P., Larrue, C., Varone, F., & Hill, M. (2011). Public policy analysis. Policy Press.

Lasswell, H. D. (1956). The decision process: Seven categories of functional analysis. University of Maryland Press.

Mata, J.T., & Rodrigues, M.L. (2026). O que são as políticas públicas? In J.T. Mata & M.L. Rodrigues (Coords.), Exercícios de análise de políticas públicas 3 (pp. 3-9). Mundos Sociais.

Parsons, W. (1996). Public policy: An introduction to the theory and practice of policy analysis. Edward Elgar.

Quiñones, E. (2015). Políticas públicas: Métodos conceptuales y métodos de evaluación. Universidad Continental.

Rochefort, D. A., & Cobb, R. W. (1994), “Problem definition: An emerging perspective”, D. A. Rochefort & R. W. Cobb (orgs.), The Politics of Problem Definition: Shaping the Policy Agenda (pp. 1-31), University Press of Kansas.

Rodrigues, M. de L. (2014). O modelo das etapas e a análise das políticas públicas. In M. de L. Rodrigues (Coord.), Exercícios de análise de políticas públicas 3 (pp. 17-34). Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda.

Sabatier, P. A. (Ed.). (2019). Theories of the policy process (4th ed.). Westview Press.

Stone, D. A. (2012). Policy paradox: The art of political decision making (3rd ed.). W. W. Norton & Company.

Stone, D. (1989). Causal Stories and the Formation of Policy Agendas. Political Science Quarterly.