Optimism, pessimism, and coalitional presidentialism: Debating the institutional design of Brazilian democracy

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-33

  Power, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Democratisation; Executive legislative relations; Political institutions; Presidentialism

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL POWER;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 71049115452     PISSN: 02613050     EISSN: 14709856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2009.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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