Malapportionment and Geographical Bases of Electoral Support in the Brazilian Senate Desproporcionalidade de Representação e Geografia de Bases Eleitorais no Senado Brasileiro
This paper analyzes the relationship between malapportionment and electoral bases of support for Brazilian senators. The conventional wisdom asserts that malapportionment contributes to the “politics of backwardness” – that it facilitates clientelism and hinders issue-based campaigns, reducing elect...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Politics in Latin America |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jpla/article/view/617 |