The impact of the electoral connection in the Rio de Janeiro City Council : policy orientation, executive-legislative relations and interlegislator interaction

This thesis investigates how the incentives stemming from the electoral arena influence the behaviour of legislators in Brazil. Or, to put it differently, resorting to the now classic expression first popularised by Mayhew, the purpose of this research is to tease out the effects of the electoral co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marques, F. M. D.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.626650