Making Brazil work: checking the president in a multiparty system
by Melo, Marcus André Barreto Campelo de
"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 strong president and a robust system of checks and balances."--Descripción del editor.
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- Full title :Making Brazil work : checking the president in a multiparty system / Marcus André Melo and Carlos Pereira.
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"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 strong president and a robust system of checks and balances."--Descripción del editor.
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- Publication Date:2013.
- Edition:1st ed
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- Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
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- Description:xx, 212 p. : : il. ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781137310835, 1137310839
- oclc:on1023802733
- LC Classification:JL2498.A1
Table of Contents
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.
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