Center for Public Policy Studies   Research lines   1.   Integrated evaluation of social policies. It encompasses research with a more specifically political content, which aims to reconstitute and analyze the processes of formulating and implementing policies from the angle of participation and relative strength of social interests (social groups and movements, associations, unions, parties, bureaucratic segments) and their predominant forms of action and influence over the State. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1982).   2.   Specific public policy themes. It covers the analysis of sectoral policies, from the point of view of the organization of the subsystem that supports them, as well as from the perspective of their formulation, management, implementation and evaluation. Grouped here are projects relating to Housing, Social Security, Supply, Food and Nutrition, Public Transport, Basic Sanitation, Child Care and Security policies. the Public and Justice. Health policy makes up a specific line. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1982).   3.   Public policies at local level. Taking Municipalities, Metropolitan Regions or States of the Federation as a unit of analysis and the issues of decentralization and deconcentration of State social intervention as parameters, this line brings together projects that aim to evaluate social programs at local level, reforms and changes to political structures. administrative and management, political phenomena of popular participation, groups of interests and forms of measurement in decisions related to the field of social policies. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1982).   4.   Health policies. It encompasses studies and research relating to health care policies implemented at any level of government. In general, the projects grouped here focus on the study of financing and spending, institutional organization, management, decision-making processes, network capacity and productivity, work processes and human resources. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1982).   5.   International comparative studies in public policies. It encompasses studies and research on public policies in different countries. International comparative studies have been carried out both through research and by monitoring specialized foreign literature and through collaboration agreements with international research centers. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1982).   6.   The politics of public policies. It encompasses research with a more specifically political content, which aims to reconstitute and analyze the processes of formulating and implementing policies from the angle of participation and relative strength of social interests (social groups and movements, associations, unions, parties, bureaucratic segments) and their predominant forms of action and influence over the State. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1982).   7.   Theory and methods in public policy analysis. It covers studies and research with a theoretical or methodological profile, aimed at examining and developing conceptual frameworks relating to the genesis, development, consolidation and crisis of the Welfare State, the principles of social justice that structure public action, the methods, techniques and procedures relating to the analysis of processes decision-making, formulation, implementation and evaluation of government social policies and programs. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1982).   8.   Living conditions of the population, poverty and its reproduction. It includes research on the poor sectors of the population, seeking to study their spatial distribution and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, as well as changes in their living conditions and their determinants (degree and form of insertion in the labor market, possessions and access to social programs). (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1982).   9.   Labor and union policies. This line involves studies monitoring and evaluating collective labor negotiation agendas, strikes, union debate and salary and labor policies. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1982).