Bolsonaro Center of Government: Structure and Interaction Patterns

Replication Data for 'Jair Bolsonaro’s Center of Government: Dynamics and Decision-Making' is a dataset supporting an analysis of the presidential administration's structure. The analysis uses federal legislation and the president's official daily schedule to trace interaction patterns. The dataset was authored by Evelyn Apolinaria and last updated on 2026-04 16.

Use Cases

• Analyze the evolution of presidential support structures based on federal legislation mentioned in the description
• Model interaction patterns within the executive branch based on official daily schedules
• Compare administrative changes across presidential terms based on the described thematic secretariat elimination
• Study political coordination dynamics based on the reorientation toward the Casa Civil described for 2021 onward

Strengths

• Analysis is grounded in official sources: federal legislation and the president's official daily schedule
• Dataset supports a structured framework for analysis, referencing the Cavalcante and Batista (2018) model
• Covers a defined political period, the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the specific presidential term studied

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse

Collection Method

Compiled from federal legislation structuring the Executive Branch and President Bolsonaro's official daily schedule.

Time Range

Covers the presidential term of Jair Bolsonaro, with specific analysis from 2021 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 21:35:12; freshness should be verified

Geography

Brazil, federal government.