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 …

O trabalho visa fazer uma avaliação da dinâmica do sistema partidário brasileiro atual,
estabelecendo um diálogo com certa produção brasileira recente. Um dos objetivos é …

This paper contributes to the debate about the ideological coherence of the Brazilian party
system. Using discriminant function analysis of 20 years of surveys of Brazilian legislators …

This research note contributes updated and extended point estimates of the ideological
positions of Brazilian political parties and novel estimates of the positions of all presidents …

On January 1st 2003, for the first time in over forty years, one popularly-elected Brazilian
president passed the sash of office to another. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's election was …

Brazilian politics has been usually analyzed as a case full of pathologies by scholars and
political journalists alike. Fragmentation, volatility, clientelism and inefficiency have become …

O trabalho visa fazer uma avaliação da dinâmica do sistema partidário brasileiro atual,
estabelecendo um diálogo com certa produção brasileira recente. Um dos objetivos é …

Este trabalho visa fazer uma avaliação da dinâmica do sistema partidário brasileiro atual,
especialmente no que se refere a aspectos relacionados com as noções de …

Research on Brazil's political institutions has gone through several phases since
democratization in 1985. In the early years of democracy, pessimism prevailed with regard …

While corruption is widely disapproved of, some corrupt politicians continue to win elections.
We tackle this paradox by examining the effects of malfeasance scandals in politicians' …