This paper contributes to the debate about the ideological coherence of the Brazilian party system. Using discriminant function analysis of 20 years of surveys of Brazilian legislators, we find that the party system now exhibits relatively little coherence. Though the Worker's Party (PT) is clearly distinct, no clear ideological differences exist between the placement of the system’s three other main parties. Moreover, the spatial distance between the PT and the other parties is diminishing over time. Given the importance of a coherent ideological map to any consolidated party system, we question the notion that the Brazilian party system has gradually consolidated. Indeed, our results suggest the opposite: in recent years the Brazilian par...
Discipline and cohesiveness of political parties are essential for legislatures to engage in policy-...
Abstract: We present a new data set on the left-right placement of major Brazil-ian political partie...
This article analyzes the issue of party unity, investigating the factors that favor or discourage p...
This paper contributes to the debate about the ideological coherence of the Brazilian party system. ...
This paper contributes to the debate about the ideological coherence of the Brazilian party system. ...
This article measures the ideology of Brazilian political parties, recurrently cited as inconsistent...
The regular growth of effective number of parties has been a major issue to the proper working of Br...
O posicionamento ideológico dos partidos políticos brasileiros tem sido mensurado de diversas formas...
This dissertation analyzes the Brazilian political parties from a systemic perspective using state d...
The goal of this article is to analyze the evolution of the current Brazilian political party system...
Relying on a recent, highly fragmented party system, of fragile social rooting, organized as a feder...
The aim of this article is to fill some gaps in research on the Brazilian electoral arena. The curre...
The relationship between voters and parties has been a recurring theme in many works in the social s...
We present a new data set on the left-right placement of major Brazilian political parties serving i...
This article examines the impact of party politics on the Brazilian electorate. An important indicat...
Discipline and cohesiveness of political parties are essential for legislatures to engage in policy-...
Abstract: We present a new data set on the left-right placement of major Brazil-ian political partie...
This article analyzes the issue of party unity, investigating the factors that favor or discourage p...
This paper contributes to the debate about the ideological coherence of the Brazilian party system. ...
This paper contributes to the debate about the ideological coherence of the Brazilian party system. ...
This article measures the ideology of Brazilian political parties, recurrently cited as inconsistent...
The regular growth of effective number of parties has been a major issue to the proper working of Br...
O posicionamento ideológico dos partidos políticos brasileiros tem sido mensurado de diversas formas...
This dissertation analyzes the Brazilian political parties from a systemic perspective using state d...
The goal of this article is to analyze the evolution of the current Brazilian political party system...
Relying on a recent, highly fragmented party system, of fragile social rooting, organized as a feder...
The aim of this article is to fill some gaps in research on the Brazilian electoral arena. The curre...
The relationship between voters and parties has been a recurring theme in many works in the social s...
We present a new data set on the left-right placement of major Brazilian political parties serving i...
This article examines the impact of party politics on the Brazilian electorate. An important indicat...
Discipline and cohesiveness of political parties are essential for legislatures to engage in policy-...
Abstract: We present a new data set on the left-right placement of major Brazil-ian political partie...
This article analyzes the issue of party unity, investigating the factors that favor or discourage p...