Extreme non-viable candidates and quota maneuvering in Brazilian legislative elections
This article explores the causes and consequences of extreme non-viable candidacies, also known as “ laranja ” (orange) candidacies in the Brazilian political lore. We first define and delineate what makes a candidate a laranja, engaging the comparative literature on sacrificial lambs and using dist...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Opinião Pública |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-62762019000100001&lng=en&tlng=en |