Como Controlar o Representante?: Considerações sobre as Eleições para a Câmara dos Deputados no Brasil

Como Controlar o Representante?: Considerações sobre as Eleições para a Câmara dos Deputados no Brasil

The purpose of this article is to explore the mechanisms that have been used by Brazilian voters to punish and reward their representatives. The article has three sections. The first discusses theoretical aspects of electoral control issues in traditional democracies. The second specifically analyze...

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Main Author: Nicolau Jairo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2002-01-01
Series:Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais
Subjects:
elections
electoral system
electoral accountability
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-52582002000200002
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Como Controlar o Representante?: Considerações sobre as Eleições para a Câmara dos Deputados no Brasil
Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais
elections
electoral system
electoral accountability
author_facet Nicolau Jairo
author_sort Nicolau Jairo
title Como Controlar o Representante?: Considerações sobre as Eleições para a Câmara dos Deputados no Brasil
title_short Como Controlar o Representante?: Considerações sobre as Eleições para a Câmara dos Deputados no Brasil
title_full Como Controlar o Representante?: Considerações sobre as Eleições para a Câmara dos Deputados no Brasil
title_fullStr Como Controlar o Representante?: Considerações sobre as Eleições para a Câmara dos Deputados no Brasil
title_full_unstemmed Como Controlar o Representante?: Considerações sobre as Eleições para a Câmara dos Deputados no Brasil
title_sort como controlar o representante?: considerações sobre as eleições para a câmara dos deputados no brasil
publisher Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
series Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais
issn 0011-5258
1678-4588
publishDate 2002-01-01
description The purpose of this article is to explore the mechanisms that have been used by Brazilian voters to punish and reward their representatives. The article has three sections. The first discusses theoretical aspects of electoral control issues in traditional democracies. The second specifically analyzes two dimensions of the Brazilian system of representation: a) whether accountability operates on a partisan or personalized basis and b) the impact of the institutional arrangement on voters? capacity to evaluate their representatives (clarity of responsibility). The last section explores some specific electoral control mechanisms exercised by Brazilian voters in the 1998 elections for House of Representatives.
topic elections
electoral system
electoral accountability
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-52582002000200002
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