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Common wisdom has it that when presidential political systems coincide with multiparty systems the result is gridlock; parties squabble and presidents are not able to stitch together the majorities they need to move forward with the business of governing. Yet, recent experiences in Latin America suggest otherwise. In roughly the last decade, multiparty presidentialism has emerged as a model form of presidential democracy. Using Brazil as a case study and situating Brazil within a broad comparative context, this book offers the first conceptually rigorous analysis of the political and institutional underpinnings of Brazil's recent rise as the world's six largest economy. Considering key institutional features at federal and sub-national levels, the authors argue that Brazil's success stems from the combination of a constitutionally strong president and a robust system of checks and balances that emerges from healthy political competition and power alternation.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political structure & processes

• Full title: Making Brazil Work
• Author: Marcus André Melo
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 212
• EAN: 9781137310835
• ISBN: 1137310839
• ID: 01339518
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 404 g
• Dimensions: 222 × 144 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. August 2013

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