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Publications of the Research Project "Government coalitions in multiparty presidentialism: the case of Brazil (1988-2011)"

FREITAS, Andréa; IZUMI, Maurício; MEDEIROS, Danilo. O Congresso Nacional em duas dimensões: estimando pontos ideais de Deputados e Senadores (1988-2010). In: 8º Encontro da ABCP, 2012, Gramado - RS.

FREITAS, Andréa. Governmental Coalitions in Multiparty Presidentialism: The Brazilian Case (1988-2011). In: Brazilian Seminar, 2012, Oxford University, Oxford, Reino Unido.

 

Publications of the Research Project "Politically appointed positions in the federal Brazilian government"

PRACA, S.; FREITAS, A. M.; HOEPERS, B.. A rotatividade dos servidores de confiança no governo federal brasileiro, 2010-2011, Novos Estudos, prelo.

PRACA, S.; FREITAS, A. M.; HOEPERS, B.. Political appointments and coalition management in Brazil, 2007-2010. Journal of Politics in Latin America, v. 3, p. 141-172, 2011.

PRACA, S. ; FREITAS, A. M.; HOEPERS, B.. Presidential Political Appointments and Coalition Governance in Brazil, 2007-2010. 2011. In: APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper, Seattle, EUA.

 

Publications of Andréa Marcondes de Freitas

CAZZOLATO, José Donizete; DAVIDIAN, Andreza; FREITAS, Andréa; SILVA, Patrick. Political Reform In Brazil: Investigation into the Impact on the Party System and on Representation. In: IPSA XXII World Congress of Political Science, 2012, Madri, Espanha.

FREITAS, Andréa. Governmental Coalitions in Multiparty Presidentialismo: The Brazilian Case (1988-2011). In: Brazilian Seminar, 2012, Oxford University, Oxford, Reino Unido.

FREITAS, A. . Migração partidária na Câmara dos Deputados de 1987 a 2009. Dados (Rio de Janeiro. Impresso), v. 55, p. 951-986, 2012.

FREITAS, A. M. ; HOEPERS, B. ; PRACA, S. . A rotatividade dos servidores de confiança no governo federal brasileiro, 2010-2011. Novos Estudos, prelo.

FREITAS, A. M. ; HOEPERS, B. ; PRACA, S. . Determinants of patronage and policy-making positions in the Brazilian federal bureaucracy, 2007-2011. In: Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, United States, 2011.

FREITAS, A. M. ; HOEPERS, B. ; PRACA, S. . Political appointments and coalition management in Brazil, 2007-2010. Journal of Politics in Latin America, v. 3, p. 141-172, 2011.

FREITAS, A. M. ; HOEPERS, B. ; PRACA, S. . Presidential Political Appointments and Coalition Governance in Brazil, 2007-2010. 2011. In: APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper, Seattle, EUA.

FREITAS, Andréa; IZUMI, Maurício; MEDEIROS, Danilo. O Congresso Nacional em duas dimensões: estimando pontos ideais de Deputados e Senadores (1988-2010). In: 8° Encontro da ABCP, 2012, Gramado - RS.

 

Party Migration in Brazil

Party switching in Brazil is an extremely interesting phenomenon. This work analyzes the phenomenon from two points of view. First, it tries to understand how collective actors, i.e., political parties, may use party switching as a way to increase power in parliament and in the electoral arena. Second, it speculates the reasons why an individual would affiliate themselves to a specific political party.

 

From Andréa Marcondes de Freitas and Patrick Silva

 

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Government coalitions in multiparty presidentialism: the case of Brazil (1988-2011)

Coalition presidentialism was considered to be a peculiar feature of the Brazilian political system for a long time. Today it is known that coalitions are common in presidential systems. However, little is known about Executive-Legislative relations in coalition presidentialism when the Executive has overwhelming legislative success and predominance, even in the case of high levels of fragmentation in both legislative houses. The objective of this research is to understand how the coalitions supporting the Brazilian executive operate by analyzing the legislative process, in other words, the law-making process in the National Congress. The plan is, therefore, to analyze how political parties that are members of the coalition participate in this process as well as understanding which strategies are adopted inside the legislative in order to guarantee party cohesion around the presidential agenda.

 

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Politically appointed positions in the federal Brazilian government

Although much has been said about the distribution of politically appointed positions in the federal bureaucracy in Brazil, there is a lack of studies on the extent of this phenomenon, which political parties have gained more positions in office and in which areas, which bureaucratic agencies are insulated from partisan influence etc. This research employs, based on new data made available by the federal government in the ‘Transparency Portal’, the first quantitative analysis on politically appointed positions in Brazil. Data collection began in April 2010 and since then it has been complemented by interviewing members of the federal government.
 

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