In the area of the Library of CMS website are available theses defended by researchers at the Center for Metropolitan Studies since 2001, as well as the dissertations, articles references, books and books’ chapters resulting from research developed by CMS. In many cases, you can access the full text desired. Click here to access the page with all theses. The most recent doctoral theses defended are these:

BICHIR, Renata Mirandola - 2011

Federal mechanisms for the coordination of social policies and local institutional capabilities: the Bolsa Família Program case. (download here– 2.140 KB) . Doctoral Thesis in Political Science, Social and Political Studies Institute (UERJ) - Rio de Janeiro.

MOYA, Maria Encarnación - 2010

Inequalities in poverty: trajectories and transitions in a favela in São Paulo.Doctoral Thesis in Political Science. Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities (USP) - São Paulo.(to be available soon)

SCHLEGEL, Rogerio – 2010

Education and Political Behavior. The decreasing rewards of the Brazilian recent educational experience. (download here - 4.000 KB) PhD thesis in Political Science. Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities (USP) - São Paulo.