Democratic Brazil : actors, institutions, and processes /

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Weitere Verfasser: Power, Timothy J. (Timothy Joseph), 1962- (ed.), Kingstone, Peter R., 1964- (ed.)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Inglés
Veröffentlicht: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2000.
Schriftenreihe:Pitt Latinamerican Studies
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Foreword: a new test for Brazilian democracy / Thomas E. Skidmore
  • Introduction: still standing or standing still?: the Brazilian democratic regime since 1985 / Peter R. Kingstone and Timothy J. Power
  • Political institutions in democratic Brazil: politics as a permanent constitutional convention / Timothy J. Power
  • The Brazilian state in the new democracy / Kurt Weyland
  • Devolving democracy? political decentralization and the new Brazilian federalism / Alfred P. Montero
  • Reinventing local government? municipalities and intergovernmental relations in democratic Brazil / David Samuels
  • Assessing civil-military relations in postauthoritarian Brazil / Wendy Hunter
  • The making of a loyal opposition: the Workers' Party (PT) and the consolidation of democracy in Brazil / William R. Nylen
  • The Catholic Church, religious pluralism, and democracy in Brazil / Kenneth P. Serbin
  • Democratizing pressures from below? social movements in the new Brazilian democracy / Kathryn Hochstetler
  • Muddling through gridlock: economic policy performance, business responses, and democratic sustainability / Peter R. Kingstone
  • Democracy looks south: Mercosul and the politics of Brazilian trade strategy / Jeffrey Cason
  • An ugly democracy?: state violence and the rule of law in postauthoritarian Brazil / Anthony W. Pereira
  • A new Brazil?: the changing sociodemographic context of Brazilian democracy / Timothy J. Power and J. Timmons Roberts.