Brazilian Political Institutions

An Inconclusive Debate

Bibliographic Data

ID6235575
AuthorsVicente Palermo (0000-0002-9039-1847, Centro Científico Tecnológico - San Juan, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume10
Issue2
Publication date2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBrazilian Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1981-3821 • E-ISSN: 1981-3821
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1981-38212016000200003
OpenAlexW2461719672
SCIELO_PIDS1981-38212016000200203
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited20

The debate about the operation of Brazilian political institutions is far from conclusive. It could hardly be different, since current Brazilian democratic regime is only 30 years-old. This article updates a previous one, published in 2000, in which I discuss different and rival interpretations on the functioning of the Brazilian democracy. Some new works argue that a 'dialectic synthesis' of those strands has been recently produced. This article demonstrates this argument is not accurate. Instead, my main argument is that, in spite of rich analyses, new evidences and some displacements, the interpretations and paradigms guiding that debate remain the same. On the other hand, in spite of the solid position of the interpretation sustaining how the Brazilian political system ensures governability, the current institutional debate goes far beyond this paradigm by setting new themes and approaches. To demonstrate this argument, the article presents the evolution of such debate

Argument (complex analysis · Democracy · Dialectic · Economics · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Positive economics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Society in Latin America · Social and Political Issues

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