Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=fjls20 Download by: [Florida Atlantic University] Date: 09 December 2016, At: 21:39 The Journal of Legislative Studies ISSN: 1357-2334 (Print) 1743-9337 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fjls20 The role of the Brazilian Congress in defining public social policies Fábio de Barros Correia Gomes & Ricardo Chaves de Rezende Martins To cite this article: Fábio de Barros Correia Gomes & Ricardo Chaves de Rezende Martins (2016) The role of the Brazilian Congress in defining public social policies, The Journal of Legislative Studies, 22:4, 506-527, DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2016.1235334 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2016.1235334 Published online: 13 Oct 2016. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 34 View related articles View Crossmark data