Octavio Amorim Neto Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) Rua Jornalista Orlando Dantas, 30, office n. 237 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 22231-010 Tel (55)(21)30832703 octavio.amorim.neto@fgv.br Education PhD - University of California at San Diego, USA, Political Science, 1998, Fields of Concentration: Comparative Politics and American Politics. MA - Rio de Janeiro Graduate Research Institute (IUPERJ), Brazil. Political Science, 1991, Fields of Concentration: Brazilian Politics and Comparative Politics. BA - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, Social Sciences, 1987. Positions Held Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Full professor of political science at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), 2018-present. Associate professor of political science at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), 2011-2018. Lecturer in political science at the Graduate School of Economics (EPGE), 2002-2011. Research professor of political science at the Rio de Janeiro Graduate Research Institute (IUPERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998-2001. Honors and Awards Elected one of the 50 most influential Iberian-American Intellectuals in 2014 by Spain's Esglobal digital media outlet (edited by the Foundation for International Relations and Foreign Dialogue - FRIDE). Brazilian Political Association Award for the best book in political science and international relations published in 2010-2012. Brazilian Political Association Award for the best article in political science and international relations published in 2008-2010. American Political Science Association's Jewell-Loewenberg Award for the best article published in Legislative Studies Quarterly in 2003. Publications Sole-Authored Books De Dutra a Lula: A Condução e os Determinantes da Política Externa Brasileira (Rio de Janeiro: Campus, 2011). Translation: Spanish (Argentine edition published by Eudeba, 2014). Presidencialismo e Governabilidade nas Américas (Rio de Janeiro: FGV Editora, 2006). Edited Volumes New Studies on Civil-Military Relations and Defense Policy in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro: FGV Editora, 2022). Co-Edited Volumes O Semipresidencialismo nos Países de Língua Portuguesa (Lisbon: ICS, 2009), co-edited with Marina Costa Lobo. Brasil y México: Encuentros y Desencuentros (Mexico City: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, 2005), co-edited with Antonio Ortiz-Mena and Rafael Fernandez de Castro. Select Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals: The Remoteness of Democratic Representation.” Party Politics, Vol. 29, n. 1, pp. 51-;64, 2023 (with Gregory Michener and Jamil Civitarese). “Presidents and Generals: Systems of Government and the Selection of Defense Ministers.” Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 48, n.1, pp. 136–63, 2022 (with Pedro Accorsi). “Presidential Delegation to Foreign Ministries: A Study of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico (1946-2015).” Journal of Politics in Latin America, Vol. 11, n.2, pp. 123-154, 2020 (with Andrés Malamud). “The Impact of Civilians on Defense Policy in New Democracies: The Case of Brazil.” Latin American Politics and Society, Vol. 61, n.3, pp. 1–28, 2019. “The Policy-Making Capacity of Foreign Ministries in Presidential Regimes: A Study of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, 1946–2015.” Latin American Research Review, Vol. 54, n. 4, pp. 812–834, 2019 (with Andrés Malamud). “What Determines Foreign Policy in Latin America? Systemic versus Domestic Factors in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, 1946-2008.” Latin American Politics and Society, Vol. 57. n.4, pp. 1-27, 2015 (with Andrés Malamud). “Semi-Presidentialism in Lusophone Countries: Diffusion and Operation”, Democratization, Vol. 21, n.3, pp. 434-457, 2014 (with Marina Costa Lobo). “Democratic Regimes and Cabinet Politics: A Global Perspective.” Revista Iberoamericana de Estudos Legislativos, Vol. 1, pp. 10-23, 2010 (with David Samuels). “Portugal's Semi-presidentialism (re)Considered: An Assessment of the President's Role in the Policy Process, 1976-2006.” European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 48, n.2, pp. 234-255, 2009 (with Marina Costa Lobo). “The Presidential Calculus: Executive Policy Making and Cabinet Formation in the Americas.” Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 39, n.4, pp. 415-440, 2006. “Breaking the Parliamentary Chain of Delegation: Presidents and Non-partisan Cabinet Members in European Democracies.” British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 36, n.4, pp. 619-643, 2006 (with Kaare Strom). “Presidents and Cabinets: The political determinants of fiscal behavior in Latin America.” Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 39, n.1, pp. 3-27, 2004 (with Hugo Borsani). “The Inefficient Secret Revisited: The Legislative Input and Output of Brazilian Deputies.” Legislative Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, n.3, pp. 449-479, 2003 (with Fabiano Santos). “Agenda Power in Brazil's Câmara dos Deputados, 1989-98.” World Politics, Vol. 55, n.4, pp. 550-578, 2003 (with Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins). “The Executive Connection: Presidentially Defined Factions and Party Discipline in Brazil.” Party Politics, Vol. 7, n.2, pp. 213-234, 2001 (with Fabiano Santos). “Gabinetes Presidenciais, Ciclos Eleitorais e Disciplina Legislativa no Brasil.” Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais, Vol. 43, n.2, pp. 479-519, 2000. “Electoral Institutions, Cleavage Structures, and the Number of Parties.” American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 41, n.1, pp. 149, 1997 (with Gary W. Cox).
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