The democratization literature has increased our understanding of the role of institutional
variables in the study of democratic sustainability. Debates about the dangers of …

Why do some parties formed by social movements develop top-down structures while others
stay more open and responsive to their social bases? The first rigorous comparative study of …

When firms give money to candidates for public office, what return can they expect on their
investment? Prior studies have been inconclusive, due to both methodological challenges …

This article reviews the state of Brazilian democracy at the close of the Cardoso-Lula era.
Brazil has now completed a quarter century of competitive politics, the longest democratic …

No Brasil, a ciência política e as relações internacionais têm-se desenvolvido por caminhos
separados; A ciência política brasileira evoluiu a partir da sociologia e tornou-se mais …

This brief text offers an unbiased reflection on debates about neoliberalism and its
alternatives in Latin America with an emphasis on the institutional puzzle that underlies the …

Este artigo analisa os efeitos das estratégias do presidente de como gerir sua coalizão
sobre os custos de governar ao longo do seu mandato. Foi desenvolvido um Índice inédito …

Is it domestic politics or the international system that more decisively influences foreign
policy? This article focuses on Latin America's three largest powers to identify patterns and …

This article investigates the causes of party system hyperfragmentation in Brazil. We ask why
hyperfragmentation—understood as extreme multipartism that continues to fractionalize …

How does democracy work to improve well-being? In this article, we disentangle the
component parts of democratic practice—elections, civic participation, expansion of social …