Between Presidential Power and Legislative Veto: The Impact of Polity and Politics on Economic Reforms in Brazil - Couverture souple

Hahn, Andreas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3832525394 ISBN 13 : 9783832525392

Editeur : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH, 2010

Synopsis

Reform success and reform delay are subject to a variety of explanations. In general, high decisiveness leads to reform propensity, while its absence, or high resoluteness, to policy-gridlock. The Brazilian reform experience is contradicting: both aspects are present - factors leading to decisiveness as well as those inducing gridlock and reform delay. Leaving the static point of view and accounting for a dynamic development, this apparent contradiction gets resolved: in fact, the executive gained growing leeway during the 1990s, providing it with the means to achieve a higher degree of decisiveness of the political system by simultaneously guaranteeing resoluteness.It is, however, greatly mistaken to consider this development as a blank cheque to universal, encompassing reforming in all areas. Despite growing executive dominance and growing policy consensus, some particular reforms were a success, while others did not surpass its initial stages. This is finally due to path-dependency and explicit policy-specificities, triggering different institutional constraints and veto-points, which even strong Presidents cannot override.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3832525394
• ISBN 13: 9783832525392
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 263
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