| "Strong" Presidencies, "Weak" Congresses? Contributor(s): Assumpção Rodrigues, Marta Maria (Author) |
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ISBN: 3639315472 ISBN-13: 9783639315479 Publisher: VDM Verlag OUR PRICE: $81.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6" W x 9" (0.87 lbs) 268 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Challenging the perception that the Brazilian legislatures of the post-transitional period constitute a marginal institution in policy and decision-making, this study takes into account the politics of executive-legislative relations as an analytically distinct research target. It departs from the proposition that, in contexts of low degree of institutionalization, the limits and reaches of congressional-executive powers rely upon variations of time and is relational to the issue and policy-area at stake. In this vein, by developing an appropriate methodology that combines a classificatory scheme of legislation initiated by both branches, from 1985 to 1996, with extensive interviewing, and a survey questionnaire, this study aims at contributing to further our understanding of a crucial factor that affects the institutionalization of democracy in Brazil: the way presidents and congresses interact in practice. |