Optimism, Pessimism, and Coalitional Presidentialism: Debating the Institutional Design of Brazilian Democracy
Research on Brazil's political institutions has gone through several phases since democratisation in 1985. In the early years of democracy, pessimism prevailed with regard to governability. This view gave way in the mid-1990s to a more optimistic view that stressed two innovations of the Consti...
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Wiley Blackwell
2009
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| description | Research on Brazil's political institutions has gone through several phases since democratisation in 1985. In the early years of democracy, pessimism prevailed with regard to governability. This view gave way in the mid-1990s to a more optimistic view that stressed two innovations of the Constitution of 1988: enhanced presidential power and centralised legislative procedure. In recent years, a third phase of research has shifted attention to the crucial role of inter-party alliances. These analytical approaches have converged into an emerging research programme on ‘coalitional presidentialism’, which places executive-legislative relations at the centre stage of macropolitical analysis. This article reviews the three phases of the debate and reflects on future research agendas. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d4bf61ee-51d0-4538-b387-f37ca5809cfc2022-03-27T08:21:03ZOptimism, Pessimism, and Coalitional Presidentialism: Debating the Institutional Design of Brazilian DemocracyJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d4bf61ee-51d0-4538-b387-f37ca5809cfcSocial Sciences Division - DaisyWiley Blackwell2009Power, TResearch on Brazil's political institutions has gone through several phases since democratisation in 1985. In the early years of democracy, pessimism prevailed with regard to governability. This view gave way in the mid-1990s to a more optimistic view that stressed two innovations of the Constitution of 1988: enhanced presidential power and centralised legislative procedure. In recent years, a third phase of research has shifted attention to the crucial role of inter-party alliances. These analytical approaches have converged into an emerging research programme on ‘coalitional presidentialism’, which places executive-legislative relations at the centre stage of macropolitical analysis. This article reviews the three phases of the debate and reflects on future research agendas. |
| spellingShingle | Power, T Optimism, Pessimism, and Coalitional Presidentialism: Debating the Institutional Design of Brazilian Democracy |
| title | Optimism, Pessimism, and Coalitional Presidentialism: Debating the Institutional Design of Brazilian Democracy |
| title_full | Optimism, Pessimism, and Coalitional Presidentialism: Debating the Institutional Design of Brazilian Democracy |
| title_fullStr | Optimism, Pessimism, and Coalitional Presidentialism: Debating the Institutional Design of Brazilian Democracy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimism, Pessimism, and Coalitional Presidentialism: Debating the Institutional Design of Brazilian Democracy |
| title_short | Optimism, Pessimism, and Coalitional Presidentialism: Debating the Institutional Design of Brazilian Democracy |
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