Thearticle “Governance, Social Participation, and Federal Dialogue: The Case of Santa Catarina” by Dr. Eliane Salete Filippim, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Professional Master’s Program in Administration at the University of Western Santa Catarina ( UNOESC) in Santa Catarina (Brazil), and Dr. Daniel Rótulo, Research Professor of International Relations at the School of Administration and Social Sciences, was published in July 2013 in the journal “Política e Planejamento Regional: Uma Coletânea,” publishedby Gráfica Movimento.