11. The Constituent Assembly and the Transformation Strategy: Attempts to Shift Political Power in Brazil from the Presidency to Congress

Fleischer, David V.

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“…Para mais informações históricas sobre a formação desses partidos, ver Kinzo (1993) e Skidmore (1988). Para uma avaliação das trocas partidárias que ocorreram durante o período de transição, ver Fleischer (1990).…”

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O impacto das regras de organização do processo legislativo no comportamento dos parlamentares: um estudo de caso da Assembléia Nacional Constituinte (1987-1988)

Gomes

2006

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O impacto das regras de organização do processo legislativo no comportamento dos parlamentares: um estudo de caso da Assembléia Nacional Constituinte (1987-1988)

Gomes

2006

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“…The effects of this political structure were powerfully evidenced in the drafting of the new constitution. Although the president could wield some influence over the Constituinte (the Constitutional Convention), which consisted of all 559 sitting senators and deputies, the resulting document largely reflected the political interests of the legislators (Fleischer 1990). The new constitution instituted two major fiscal reforms that constituted a logroll between legislators from the poorer states of the North and Northeast, who rely on fiscal transfers, and those from the richer South and Southeast, who sought the opportunity to expand their own tax bases (Leme 1992, chap.…”

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The Politics of Decentralization in Latin America

Willis

Garman

Haggard

1999

Lat. American Res. Rev.

264

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One of the most significant developments in Latin American politics and political economy in the last two decades has been the increasing decentralization of government. This development has generated a substantial literature on the pros and cons of decentralization and on subnational politics but few attempts to explain differences in the pattern of decentralization across countries. Fiscal decentralization must be understood as a political bargain involving presidents, legislators, and subnational politicians, each having somewhat conflicting preferences. How these bargains are struck will depend heavily on the lines of accountability within political parties. In systems with centralized political parties, the central government has exercised greater control over resources and uses than in countries with decentralized parties, in which subnational politicians exercise strong influence over legislators. The article explores this hypothesis through a comparative analysis of decentralization in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, and Mexico.

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Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil

Samuels

2003

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Ambition theory suggests that scholars can understand a good deal about politics by exploring politicians' career goals. In the USA, an enormous literature explains congressional politics by assuming that politicians primarily desire to win re-election. In contrast, although Brazil's institutions appear to encourage incumbency, politicians do not seek to build a career within the legislature. Instead, political ambition focuses on the subnational level. Even while serving in the legislature, Brazilian legislators act strategically to further their future extra-legislative careers by serving as 'ambassadors' of subnational governments. Brazil's federal institutions also affect politicians' electoral prospects and career goals, heightening the importance of subnational interests in the lower chamber of the national legislature. Together, ambition and federalism help explain important dynamics of executive-legislative relations in Brazil. This book's rational-choice institutionalist perspective contributes to the literature on the importance of federalism and subnational politics to understanding national-level politics around the world.

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11. The Constituent Assembly and the Transformation Strategy: Attempts to Shift Political Power in Brazil from the Presidency to Congress

Cited by 22 publications

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O impacto das regras de organização do processo legislativo no comportamento dos parlamentares: um estudo de caso da Assembléia Nacional Constituinte (1987-1988)

O impacto das regras de organização do processo legislativo no comportamento dos parlamentares: um estudo de caso da Assembléia Nacional Constituinte (1987-1988)

The Politics of Decentralization in Latin America

Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil

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