The Deadlock of Democracy in Brazil (Interests, Identities, and Institutions in Comparative Politics)
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: January 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780472111602
Subjects: Political science & theory; Political structures: democracy; Political Science; Elections; Comparative Government; Elections And Voting; Politics and government; Politics / Current Events; Political Process - Leadership; Politics/International Relations; Brazil; Government - Comparative; Political Process - Elections; Political Science / General; 1985-; 1985-2002; Brazil.; Congresso Nacional
Description: "Many countries have experimented with different electoral rules in order to increase involvement in the political system or to make it easier to form stable governments. Barry Ames explores this important topic in one of the world's most populous and important democracies, Brazil.

This book locates one of the sources of Brazil's "crisis of governance" in the nation's unique electoral system, a system that produces a multiplicity of weak parties and individualistic, pork-oriented politicians with little accountability to citizens. It explains the government's difficulties in adopting innovative policies by examining electoral rules, cabinet formation, executive-legislative conflict, party discipline, and legislative negotiation.".

"The Deadlock of Democracy in Brazil is for those seeking to understand the crisis of democratic politics in Brazil. It will be especially useful to scholars and students in the areas of comparative politics, Latin American politics, electoral analysis, and legislative studies."--BOOK JACKET.