The amendment of the Indonesian 1945 Constitution helps in searching for national identity
in state life. This amendment enables the country to seek an ideal form of government based …

Um livro indispensável, que esclarece, informa e colabora para termos cidadãos mais
conscientes e uma política mais responsável Por que a reforma política, um dos temas mais …

Open list proportional representation (PR) systems require that candidates seek personal
votes in order to be successful. This feature of the system is considered to lead to intense …

Although most new democracies have a relatively high level of party system fragmentation,
most of them experience a reduction in the number of parties over time. In Brazil, the number …

Although comparative research has relied heavily on electoral volatility as a proxy for party
system institutionalisation (PSI), this measure cannot account for the patterns of interparty …

What is the performance of Evangelical candidates in Brazilian legislative elections? Would
Pentecostal candidates be responsible for the political representation of Evangelicals? Do …

As explicações institucionalistas sobre o formato dos sistemas partidários asseveram que
eleições presidenciais e congressuais coincidentes, na presença de pequeno número de …

Quantos são ea quais partidos estão filiados os nomeados para os cargos do alto e médio
escalão da burocracia federal brasileira? Há diferenças entre mandatos presidenciais …

Compulsory voting is known for boosting electoral turnout, even when sanctions for
abstaining are small or loosely enforced. Much less is known, however, about the …

In this article, we present new data on electoral alliances (coligações) that were formed to
contest Brazilian general elections between 1986 and 2014. We present evidence to show …