In countries around the world, from the United States to the Philippines to Chile, police
forces are at the center of social unrest and debates about democracy and rule of law. This …

Across the world, many politicians deliver benefits to citizens in direct exchange for their
votes. Scholars often predict the demise of this phenomenon, as it is threatened by …

This paper studies the introduction of electronic voting technology in Brazilian elections.
Estimates exploiting a regression discontinuity design indicate that electronic voting reduced …

O presente artigo é uma nova contribuição ao debate acerca da ideologia dos partidos
políticos brasileiros, formulada com o intuito de adensar a discussão metodológica sobre o …

To what extent do party labels influence individuals' policy positions? Much research has
examined this question in the United States, where party identification can generate both in …

A identificação da posição ideológica dos partidos é relevante para diversas aplicações em
pesquisa, mas no caso do Brasil ainda não foi suficientemente discutida. Este artigo inicia …

Objetivo/contexto: O artigo tem como objetivo analisar a vitória de Jair Bolsonaro e a
ascensão da nova direita política no Brasil, em que uma “direita moderada” foi substituída …

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 …

Neoliberalism changed the face of Latin America and left average citizens struggling to cope
in many ways. Popular sectors were especially hard hit as wages declined and …

One potential consequence of increasing women's numeric representation is that women
elected officials will behave differently than their men counterparts and improve women's …