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Finally Together: Democracy and Reduction in Inequality in Latin America
In: Brazilian political science review: BPSR, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 150-158
ISSN: 1981-3821
An Amphibian Party? Organisational Change and Adaptation in the Brazilian Workers' Party, 1980–2012
In: Journal of Latin American studies, Band 46, Heft 1, S. 87-119
ISSN: 1469-767X
AbstractThe arrival of Luiz Inácio 'Lula' da Silva and the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party, PT) at the helm of the Brazilian federal government in 2003 represented the culmination of a slow and deep-rooted process of party transformation. Attributable partly to the inevitable consequences of the party gradually inserting itself into governmental institutions, and partly to strategic decisions made by the dominant coalition that had controlled the PT since 1995, these transformations significantly changed the organisational features of the party, paving its way to the federal government. This article analyses these processes, and the subsequent changes throughout the Lula government, from an organisational perspective, linking exogenous challenges and the party's genetic model with the strategies consciously adopted by thepetistaleadership.
An amphibian party?: Organisational change and adaptation in the Brazilian Workers' Party, 1980-2012
In: Journal of Latin American studies, Band 46, Heft 1, S. 84-119
ISSN: 0022-216X
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Organização e poder nos partidos brasileiros: uma análise dos estatutos
In: Revista brasileira de ciência política, Heft 10, S. 225-265
ISSN: 2178-4884
Por meio da análise de estatutos e outros documentos partidários, o trabalho compara as estruturas decisórias internas das maiores legendas do país: PMDB, PSDB, PT e PFL/DEM. Com um recorte temporal entre 1995 (ano de implantação da nova legislação partidária) e 2011, duas dimensões analíticas são mobilizadas: a) a inclusividade da estrutura decisória, que diz respeito à possibilidade de influência das bases nas decisões tomadas pelas elites partidárias; b) o nível de centralização orgânica, em termos da articulação, hierarquia e controle entre os órgãos dos distintos níveis territoriais (local, estadual e nacional). As conclusões apontam que as elites partidárias não estão inertes: elas têm atuado de modo incisivo para mudar e adaptar as organizações partidárias, principalmente devido a pressões exógenas.
EL MODELO DE PARTIDO CARTEL Y EL SISTEMA DE PARTIDOS DE BRASIL
In: Revista de ciencia política, Band 33, Heft 3, S. 607-629
ISSN: 0716-1417
The article analyzes the current Brazilian party system under the conceptual lens of Katz and Mair's cartel party theory (1995, 2009), using some of its indicators, but without trying a systematic and comprehensive test of the thesis. Three sets of indicators are explored: a) the party linkages with society and state; b) competition and collusion among the major parties; c) organization and internal decision-making structure. The conclusions discuss the efficacy of cartelization model to understand the patterns and changes of the Brazilian political system, and point out the empirical difficulties and the theoretical and conceptual inconsistencies of the model, proposing a theoretical reelaboration which restricts it to its essential core. Adapted from the source document.
EL MODELO DE PARTIDO CARTEL Y EL SISTEMA DE PARTIDOS DE BRASIL
In: Revista de ciencia política, Band 33, Heft 3, S. 607-629
ISSN: 0718-090X
Financiamento partidário no Brasil: propondo uma nova agenda de pesquisas
In: Sociedade e cultura: revista de ciências sociais, Band 12, Heft 1
ISSN: 1980-8194
Presidents, Prime Ministers and Legislative Behaviour: The Conditional Effect of Presidential Legislative Powers on Party Unity
In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, Band 58, Heft 2, S. 227-248
ISSN: 1477-7053
AbstractThis article proposes a novel theoretical framework to account for the combined effects of regime type and patterns of executive authority on legislative party unity. We argue that broad presidential legislative powers favour coordination between the president and legislative parties under pure presidentialism, whereas under semi-presidentialism, strong presidents increase the potential for intra-executive conflict, submitting parties to cross-cutting pressures. We expect higher levels of legislative authority to increase party unity under presidentialism but decrease under semi-presidentialism. Moreover, when presidents are endowed with limited legislative authority, semi-presidentialism produces higher levels of party unity than presidentialism, but for sufficiently high levels of legislative authority there should be no difference across regime types. Our analyses of 1,586 pooled observations for 72 democracies from all regions of the world using the V-Dem measure of party cohesion demonstrate that presidential legislative authority, in combination with regime type, is indeed a key predictor of party unity.
The populist challenge: Multi-level electoral coordination in Brazil's 2018 elections
In: Regional & federal studies, Band 30, Heft 3, S. 363-386
ISSN: 1743-9434
Time after time: party organizational strength in new and old democracies
In: Opinião pública: publicação de Centro de Estudos de Opiniao Publica da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 199-233
ISSN: 1807-0191
The 'time factor' has not been systematically considered in cross-national studies on party organizations. Relying on the largest dataset to date on party organizations, namely the Political Party Database Project (PPDB), the article tests the impact of time as a two-level variable (duration of democracy and age of parties) on parties' organizational strength in new and established democracies. We add original data from three Latin American countries to the nineteen countries covered by the first PPDB database (132 parties overall). The results suggest that parties in established democracies have less members and more money than those of newer democracies. Among the latter, the greater capacity for mass mobilization produces stronger parties—as in Latin America—compared to the Eastern European countries. The findings challenge the traditional view of the exceptional weakness of Latin American parties and point to the importance of time as a multilevel variable: besides the national context, the "ancestral" party origin in previous regimes have a large impact on organizational strength.
Multilevel party organizations in a fragmented presidential system: The case of Brazil
In: Regional & federal studies, Band 30, Heft 4, S. 525-555
ISSN: 1743-9434
Time after time: party organizational strength in new and old democracies
The 'time factor' has not been systematically considered in cross-national studies on party organizations. Relying on the largest dataset to date on party organizations, namely the Political Party Database Project (PPDB), the article tests the impact of time as a two-level variable (duration of democracy and age of parties) on parties' organizational strength in new and established democracies. We add original data from three Latin American countries to the nineteen countries covered by the first PPDB database (132 parties overall). The results suggest that parties in established democracies have less members and more money than those of newer democracies. Among the latter, the greater capacity for mass mobilization produces stronger parties—as in Latin America—compared to the Eastern European countries. The findings challenge the traditional view of the exceptional weakness of Latin American parties and point to the importance of time as a multilevel variable: besides the national context, the "ancestral" party origin in previous regimes have a large impact on organizational strength.
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Country or party? Variations in party membership around the globe
In: European political science review: EPSR, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 281-295
ISSN: 1755-7747
AbstractThis paper explores external (country-level) and internal (party-level) drivers of membership variations across parties. Relying on the Political Party Database combined with other datasets, we provide original, cross-sectional analyses of membership variation across 223 parties in 38 countries, innovatively covering third-wave democracies, post-communist countries, and advanced democracies. It allows for a unique analysis of recruitment patterns of parties under quite different contexts. Departing from the dominant view that parties are the powerless victims of external trends, we show that, while context matters, parties' choices regarding affiliation rules and organization structure also matter. They are more powerful determinants of membership ratios than country-level variables. Especially, the representation of sub-groups in the party structure is a key driver of membership recruitment. We also show how party origins, and the foundational environment in which they emerged, are important to understand how membership varies across parties today. Overall, this study strongly advocates for a broad comparative, multilevel approach to party membership.
Country or party?: Variations in party membership around the globe
In: European political science review: EPSR, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 281–295
ISSN: 1755-7747
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