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The Deadlock of Democracy in Brazil.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in Comparative Politics SeriesPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (346 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472021437
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Deadlock of Democracy in BrazilDDC classification:
  • 328.81
LOC classification:
  • JL2492
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary of Major Political Parties -- Introduction -- Part 1. The Electoral System: Rules, Politicians, and Parties -- 1. Elections and the Politics of Geography -- 2. Campaign Strategy under Open-List Proportional Representation -- 3. The Evolution of Electoral Support, 1978-94 -- 4. History Matters: The Interaction of Social Structure and Political Events -- Part 2. The Legislative Arena -- 5. Wheeling, Dealing, and Appealing: What Motivates Deputies? -- 6. Presidential Coalition-Building Strategies -- 7. Party Discipline in the Chamber of Deputies -- 8. Procedures, Parties, and Negotiations in a Fragmented Legislature -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- A. The Maps and Moran's I -- B. Data Sources and Problems -- C. The Constituent Assembly Voting Database -- D. Cooperation and Defection among Deputies, 1991-98 -- References -- Index.
Summary: A sophisticated application of rational choice theory.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary of Major Political Parties -- Introduction -- Part 1. The Electoral System: Rules, Politicians, and Parties -- 1. Elections and the Politics of Geography -- 2. Campaign Strategy under Open-List Proportional Representation -- 3. The Evolution of Electoral Support, 1978-94 -- 4. History Matters: The Interaction of Social Structure and Political Events -- Part 2. The Legislative Arena -- 5. Wheeling, Dealing, and Appealing: What Motivates Deputies? -- 6. Presidential Coalition-Building Strategies -- 7. Party Discipline in the Chamber of Deputies -- 8. Procedures, Parties, and Negotiations in a Fragmented Legislature -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- A. The Maps and Moran's I -- B. Data Sources and Problems -- C. The Constituent Assembly Voting Database -- D. Cooperation and Defection among Deputies, 1991-98 -- References -- Index.

A sophisticated application of rational choice theory.

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