Beyond Brazilian Coalition Presidentialism: the Appropriation of the Legislative Agenda

Even though they possess several power resources, Brazilian Presidents also elaborate their legislative proposals based upon bills already being processed in Congress through a phenomenon called Appropriation of the legislative agenda. In this paper I examine the conditions under which this phenomen...

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Main Author: Rafael Silveira e Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Political Science Association 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Political Science Review
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bpsr/v8n3/1981-3821-bpsr-8-3-0095.pdf