Articles in Academic Journals, and Specialized Media:
“Environmental Protection Issue Networks in Brazil’s Amazônia,” Latin American Research Review, forthcoming.
“Environmental and Indigenous Policies in Democratic Brazil” (with Maria Carmem Lemos), submitted to the Latin American Research Bulletin.
“The Kyoto Conference on Climate Change: Are Equity Issues Being Addressed?,” in Peacework, Cambridge, December, 1997.
“Law and the Environment: Impacts on Corporate Policies in Brazil.” (original title: “Direito e Meio Ambiente: Implicacoes para a Area Empresarial”) in Arche Interdisciplinar, IV, n. 12, 1995, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
“Environmental Movement and Political Activism: A Case-Study of the Campaign Against the Multilateral Development Banks.” (original title: ”Movimento Ambiental e Ativismo Politico: Um Estudo de Caso da Campanha Contra os Bancos Multilaterais de Desenvolvimento”) in Contexto Internacional, Julho/Dez. 93, vol. 15 n.2, R.J., Brazil.
“The Catholic Church in Context of Crisis: The Case of the Angolan Independence," in Current Research on Peace and Violence, v.13, n.4, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere, Finland, 1990.
”US-Angolan Relations: A Study of Decision-Making Processes in the Angolan Crisis.”(original title: “As Relacoes Estados Unidos-Angola: Estudo do Processo Decisorio na Crise Angolana”) in Estudos Afro-Asiaticos, n.19, R.J., Brazil, 1990.
“Environmental and Indigenous Policies in Democratic Brazil,” paper presented to the New England Conference on Latin American Studies (NECLAS), Mount Holyoke College, October 18, 1997.
“Environmental Protection Issue Networks: Preliminary Steps toward an Integrated Approach to International Environmental Relations,” paper presented to the Northeaster Political Science Association and International Studies Association, 11/16/96, Boston.
Doctoral Dissertation: “Environmental Protection Issue Networks and the Prospects for Sustainable Development.” In this research I evaluated the efforts of international, domestic, and local environmental and human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs), grass-roots movements and sectors of business, government, and multilateral agencies to protect the human and natural environments in the Brazilian Amazonia. I called these efforts Environmental Protection Issue Networks (EPINs). The dissertation is a comparative study among EPINs’ performances in confronting social and environmental problems originated by development initiatives, namely the World Bank Polonoroeste, Carajas Iron Ore, and Planafloro projects. The study highlights strategies that have succeeded in challenging traditional approaches to development policies.
Masters Thesis (MIT): "The World Bank's Impact on the Environment: The Precedent Setting Case of POLONOROESTE” evaluated the influence of the Multilateral Development Banks’ (MDBs) Campaign on MDBs’ environmental and development policies in the 1980s. The Campaign, organized by international environmental NGOs, used the Polonoroeste project as a paradim of the kind of unsustainable development promoted by international financial agencies in the developing world.
Masters Thesis (IUPERJ, Brazil): "The Catholic Church in Context of Crisis - The Case of Angola" discussed the Catholic Church as an international actor and its role in mediating political conflicts.