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Author: Helcimara Telles ,
Joscimar Silva
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN: 9783031831041
ISBN 10: 3031831047
Pages: 318
Publication Date: 28 May 2025
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Helcimara Telles is a professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, and coordinator of the Political Communication and Electoral Behavior Research Group (LATICOM), linked to the Latin American Political Science Association (ALACIP). She is currently President of the Brazilian Association of Electoral Studies (ABRAPEL) and was director of the Southeast Regional of the Brazilian Association of Political Science (ABCP) and representative of Brazil at WAPOR – World Association for Public Opinion Research. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, and completed a postdoctoral internship at the Complutense University of Madrid and was a visiting professor at the University of Salamanca, both in Spain. She researches public opinion, political behavior and elections and is author of national and international articles and books in this line of research. She also received the award for best article presented at the Wapor Latin American Congress (2011), with the article ""Ideologías, actitudes y decisión de voto en los votantes de derecha y izquierda"" (Ideologies, attitudes and voting decision in right- and left-wing voters"", which was published in the ""Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública"" (Argentina). Among his publications, a tetralogy on municipal elections stands out, with Antonio Lavareda (Editora FGV/Brazil) and ""The Latin American Voter"", with Alejandro Moreno, published by UFMG (Brazil) and the Mexican Senado/CESOP (Mexico). Joscimar Souza Silva is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science (IPOL) of the University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil. He holds the position of Director of Finance at the Brazilian Association of Electoral Researchers (ABRAPEL), collaborates in the Graduate Program in Political Science at the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Brazil, and co-coordinates the Research Network for Political Communication and Electoral Behavior in Latin America (LATICOM Group), of the Latin American Association of Political Science (ALACIP). He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, is a researcher at the Public Opinion Group at UFMG, leads the Public Information and Elections (Ipê) group at UnB and coordinates Politeia, the largest simulation project in the Brazilian legislature, the result of a partnership between UnB and the Chamber of Deputies. He was a visiting researcher at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and participated in the Study of U.S. Institute for Global Scholars on American Politics and Political Thought with funding from the USA State Department. Received the Award for Best Doctoral Thesis (2021-2022) from the Brazilian Association of Researchers in Communication and Politics (COMPOLÍTICA) and Honorable Mention in the Antonio Lavareda Award (2015) from the Latin American Association of Researchers in Electoral Campaigns (ALICE). He worked as General Coordinator and Consultant in the Public Opinion Research market and in the Digital Transformation area. His research agendas include political communication; internet and politics; public opinion; public policies and political behavior.
