Organizing the democracy: party machines, elections, and Brazilian vote

• Grant number: 21/11760-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: July 23, 2022
• End date: March 01, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - Political Behavior
• Principal Investigator: George Avelino Filho
• Grantee: Luís Gustavo Bruno Locatelli
• Supervisor: Scott Desposato
• Host Institution: Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (EAESP). Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 19/25865-0 - Organazing democracy: party machines, elections and vote in Brazil, BP.DR

Abstract

This project aims to examine whether and how parties' organizational characteristics influence the performance of Brazilian political institutions, particularly by analyzing their effects on national and subnational electoral arenas over time. Based on a comparative analysis of the main political parties, this study aims to address a significant gap in Brazilian politics: to analyze the consequences of party organization differences (intra-party democracy and party strength) on electoral behavior (electoral volatility, dissimilarity, and concentration), and then discuss their implications for party system and democratic consolidation. Additionally, some institutional and socio-political control variables will be considered. The proposal has been examined by eleven parties, covering twenty years (2000 - 2020). To this end, this research stage seeks to deepen the theoretical basis of the research through access to foreign productions and to deepen the methodological techniques used to analyze the data already collected in Brazil. arenas over time. Based on a comparative analysis of the main political parties, this study aims to address a significant gap in Brazilian politics: to analyze the consequences of party organization differences (intra-party democracy and party strength) on electoral behavior (electoral volatility, dissimilarity, and concentration), and then discuss their implications for party system and democratic consolidation. Additionally, some institutional and socio-political control variables will be considered. The proposal has been examined by eleven parties, covering twenty years (2000 - 2020). To this end, this research stage seeks to deepen the theoretical basis of the research through access to foreign productions and to deepen the methodological techniques used to analyze the data already collected in Brazil. (AU)