A nova política dos governadores

Abrucio, Fernando Luiz; Samuels, David

doi:10.1590/s0102-64451997000200007

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“…In countries with relatively autonomous subnational governments, politicians may have incentives to respond to subnational rather than national political forces when campaigning. Scholars agree that subnational actors in Brazil have historically held, and retain to this day, considerable political prerogatives (Abrucio 1998;Abrucio and Samuels 1997;Mainwaring and Samuels n.d.;Samuels 1998). In particular, governors control sizable budgets and retain extensive power to hire and fire.…”

Section: The Logic Of the Gubernatorial Coattails Effectmentioning

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The Gubernatorial Coattails Effect: Federalism and Congressional Elections in Brazil

Samuels

2000

The Journal of Politics

159

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Competition for executive-level offices can influence competition for legislative office, and federal institutions can provide an "opportunity structure" that shapes partisan competition. In Brazil, unlike in systems where the presidential election might drive congressional elections, electoral incentives are state-centered. Candidates for Congress focus on the gubernatorial race, not the presidential race. Specifically, the effective number of candidates competing in the gubernatorial race in each state (electoral district) determines the effective number of lists competing in congressional elections in each state in Brazil. In this article, I use OLS regression analysis of electoral data from Brazil's democratic elections to test this proposition. Regression analysis confirms that the effective number of candidates for governor, and not the effective number of candidates for president, drives the effective number of lists competing in the legislative election."If every politician's first rule is to survive, then we reach the following conclusion: it is useless to discuss national issues in the electoral process." -Nelson Jobim, two-term Brazilian federal deputy, former Minister of Justice, and current Supreme Court Justice. Theliteratureonthepoliticalconsequencesofelectorallawstypicallyfocuseson how national-level variables contribute to the level of party system fractionalization in national legislative elections. 1 However, as Cox (1997) has recently argued, the dependent variable in much of this literature-the number of parties at the national level-results from a two-step process: votes are first aggregated at the constituency level and a degree of fractionalization results in each constituency; then these district-level systems of electoral fragmentation are sewn together more or less successfully into a national party system, with its concomitant degree of national fragmentation.

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Section: The Logic Of the Gubernatorial Coattails Effectmentioning

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The Gubernatorial Coattails Effect: Federalism and Congressional Elections in Brazil

Samuels

2000

The Journal of Politics

159

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“…Alguns estudos tendem a enfatizar os aspectos negativos desse arranjo, que ainda dificultam a formulação e a implementação das políticas públicas diante da situação de ingovernabilidade gerada e do movimento predatório dos estados (Abrucio & Samuels, 1997;Abrucio, 1998Abrucio, , 2001. No entanto, esse diagnóstico não é consensual entre os cientistas políticos que se dedicam ao tema.…”

Section: As Especificidades Das Organizações Federativas E Suas Impliunclassified

O Pacto Federativo Brasileiro e o papel do gestor estadual no SUS

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A Gestão Do SUS No Âmbito Estadual: O Caso Do Rio De Janeiro

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“…O modelo federativo resultante da Constituição de 1988 não parece congruente com a interpretação do processo de transição para a democracia, que enfatizou o papel de liderança dos governadores, especialmente depois de 1982 (Abrucio, 1994(Abrucio, , 1998Abrucio & Samuels, 1997;Almeida, 1993;Kugelmas & Sola, 1999). Se assim foi, como explicar que tenha sido o município o principal beneficiário da reforma do sistema federativo brasileiro?…”

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Liderança local, democracia e políticas públicas no Brasil

Almeida

Carneiro

2003

Opin. Publica

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Este artigo aborda a questão democrática enfocando a dinâmica da política local no Brasil. À luz das evidências políticas que embasaram o importante papel do município como alicerce da democracia, estabelecida pelo modelo federativo resultante da Constituição de 1988, como a dinâmica de transferência de recursos e o desenho das políticas sociais, o trabalho analisa de forma geral o mapa de valores e opiniões de elites e lideranças locais com relação a atribuições e competências de diferentes níveis de governo. Os dados analisados provêm da pesquisa Democracia e governo local, realizada com 450 lideranças de municípios brasileiros.
This article analyses the democratic question in Brazil, focusing on the dinamycs of the local politics. Based on the evidences that show the main role of the municipality in the democraic process, as it was established in the federative model of the 1988 Constitution, for instance, the model of resources distribution and the model of social policies, this work analyses in a general way the map of values and opinions of the local elites and leaderships in what refers to the competences of different levels of government. The data were produced in the research Democracy and local government, with 450 interviews conducted with Brazilian local leaderships

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A nova política dos governadores

Cited by 27 publications

References 4 publications

The Gubernatorial Coattails Effect: Federalism and Congressional Elections in Brazil

The Gubernatorial Coattails Effect: Federalism and Congressional Elections in Brazil

O Pacto Federativo Brasileiro e o papel do gestor estadual no SUS

Liderança local, democracia e políticas públicas no Brasil

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