Making Brazil work : checking the president in a multiparty system /

"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 presidentialism, the authors argue that Brazil's success stems from the combination of a constitutionally str...

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Autor principal: Melo, Marcus André Barreto Campelo de
Otros Autores: Pereira, Carlos
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Studies of the Americas.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The unexpected success of multiparty presidential regimes
  • Strong president, robust democracy
  • The politics of coalition management
  • Checks and balances, political competition, and public goods in the Brazilian states
  • Coalition governments and independent regulatory agencies in the Brazilian states
  • Keeping a watchful eye : Brazil's budgetary and audit institutions
  • Conclusions : the half full and half-empty glass of Brazilian democracy.