Presidencialismo e parlamentarismo : uma revisão do debate

Ensaio tem por objeto discorrer sobre as vantagens e desvantagens do presidencialismo quando comparado com o parlamentarismo no que concerne aos seguintes aspectos: a) representatividade; b) accountability eleitoral e mecanismos de checks and balances; c) governabilidade; e d) capacidade dos partidos de realizar funções governativas e de representação coletiva.The purpose of this paper is to provide a review about the advantages and disadvantages of presidentialism when compared with parliamentarism, specially about: a) representativeness; b) electoral accountability and mechanisms of checks and balances; c) governability; d) capacity of political parties of working as vehicles of government and collective representation