Rethinking the 'presidentialism debate': conceptualizing coalitional politics in cross-regional perspective

P Chaisty, N Cheeseman, T Power - Democratization, 2014‏ - Taylor & Francis
The democratization literature has increased our understanding of the role of institutional
variables in the study of democratic sustainability. Debates about the dangers of …

State capacity, bureaucratic politicization, and corruption in the Brazilian state

K Bersch, S Praça, MM Taylor - Governance, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Responding to recent articles in Governance highlighting the need for improved
measurement of bureaucratic characteristics, this article describes efforts to map Brazil's …

The spoils of victory: campaign donations and government contracts in Brazil

TC Boas, FD Hidalgo… - The Journal of Politics, 2014‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
When firms give money to candidates for public office, what return can they expect on their
investment? Prior studies have been inconclusive, due to both methodological challenges …

[کتاب][B] The limits of party: Congress and lawmaking in a polarized era

JM Curry, FE Lee - 2020‏ - books.google.com
To many observers, Congress has become a deeply partisan institution where ideologically-
distinct political parties do little more than engage in legislative trench warfare. A zero-sum …

Re-election incentives and deforestation cycles in the Brazilian Amazon

S Pailler - Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Despite expansive research on Amazonian deforestation and its drivers, the role of local
politics is not well understood. Using a panel data set that combines municipal-level …

Brazilian democracy as a late bloomer: Reevaluating the regime in the Cardoso-Lula era

TJ Power - Latin American Research Review, 2010‏ - cambridge.org
This article reviews the state of Brazilian democracy at the close of the Cardoso-Lula era.
Brazil has now completed a quarter century of competitive politics, the longest democratic …

Fighting or supporting corruption? The role of public sector audit organizations in Brazil

AF Lino, RR de Azevedo, ACB de Aquino… - Critical Perspectives on …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Public sector audit organizations are usually expected to fight corruption. Yet they may also
end up being involved in, and contributing to, sustaining corruption. Relying on multiple …

[کتاب][B] Making Brazil work: checking the president in a multiparty system

M Melo, C Pereira - 2013‏ - books.google.com
This book offers the first conceptually rigorous analysis of the political and institutional
underpinnings of Brazil's recent rise. Using Brazil as a case study in multiparty …

[کتاب][B] Brazil in the world: the international relations of a South American giant

SW Burges - 2016‏ - books.google.com
Brazil has suddenly become a country of interest to the West, playing a critical role in global
economic talks at the G20 and WTO, brokering North-South relations through its new …

Pagando o preço de governar: custos de gerência de coalizão no presidencialismo brasileiro

F Bertholini, C Pereira - Revista de Administração Pública, 2017‏ - SciELO Brasil
Este artigo analisa os efeitos das estratégias do presidente de como gerir sua coalizão
sobre os custos de governar ao longo do seu mandato. Foi desenvolvido um Índice inédito …