Ambition Fed Legislative Pol Brazil - Couverture souple

Samuels

 
9780521030625: Ambition Fed Legislative Pol Brazil
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ISBN 10 : 0521030625 ISBN 13 : 9780521030625
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book explores how political institutions and politicians' career goals interact.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Ambition theory suggests that scholars can understand a good deal about politics by exploring politicians' career goals. In the USA, an enormous literature explains congressional politics by assuming that politicians primarily desire to win re-election. In contrast, although Brazil's institutions appear to encourage incumbency, politicians do not seek to build a career within the legislature. Instead, political ambition focuses on the subnational level. Even while serving in the legislature, Brazilian legislators act strategically to further their future extra-legislative careers by serving as 'ambassadors' of subnational governments. Brazil's federal institutions also affect politicians' electoral prospects and career goals, heightening the importance of subnational interests in the lower chamber of the national legislature. Together, ambition and federalism help explain important dynamics of executive-legislative relations in Brazil. This book's rational-choice institutionalist perspective contributes to the literature on the importance of federalism and subnational politics to understanding national-level politics around the world.

Revue de presse

"Recommended."
Choice

"[Makes] an original argument ... by combining a study of legislative politics with the study of federalism ... [Samuels] provides the reader with a well-articulated and fairly comprehensive tour of contemporary Brazilian politics."
The Americas

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521030625
ISBN 13 
9780521030625
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
268
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Avery
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780521816717: Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521816718 ISBN 13 :  9780521816717
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003
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