REDES DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS E GOVERNANÇA: A PARTICIPAÇÃO DE GRUPOS DE INTERESSE NA CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS

: This article investigates the phenomenon of policy networks and is dedicated to answering the following research question: is there a significant statistical difference between the political participation of interest groups in the public hearings of committees of the Chamber of Deputies? Hypothetically, the difference in participation between groups would lead to the understanding that there is a dominance of a certain class in the legislative arena. The Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric test and Dunn's post hoc test were used, as well as the ego-network technique for complete mapping of the network of entities participating in the Chamber of Deputies. The results show equivalence in the pattern of participation of economic and social interest groups, which suggests the theory of majority pluralism as the most adequate to the Brazilian case.