Socioeconomic Development, Institutions and Parties: Explaining Party Membership i...
Representative government and Brazilian electoral legislation in the 19th century
PMDB: party organization and development in São Paulo (1994-2010)
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Total Authors: 2
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| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Brasil
[2] Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais; v. 34, n. 100 2019-07-18. |
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This paperquestionsthe concept of institutionalization of the party systems proposed by Mainwaring and Scully (1995). We demonstrate that the theoretical and operational aspects of this concept may leadto spurious interpretations about the organization and durability of each party systemand the democratic government in which they insert themselves. We criticize comparative analysis that are unidimensional and fail toconsider the particularities of each country and the development of its party system. To presentthis interpretation,we analyse the four conditions involved in the concept of party institutionalization based on thecity parliaments in Brazil, which show the most disaggregated level of competition and, therefore, increases our number of observations. Regarding this analysis, our empirical data shows that the Brazilian party system can be classified as stable. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/10421-1 - The strength of the committees in Brazil: recruitment and distribution preferences |
| Grantee: | Vitor Lacerda Vasquez |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |