Brazilian political partisan processes and the 2006 elections

Authors

  • Maria do Socorro Sousa Braga Universidade Federal de São Carlos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/%25x

Abstract

The goal of this article is to analyze the evolution of the current Brazilian political party system. For these purposes, we look at the aspects of the 2006 elections that the most critical analysts and observers of the functioning and development of the party system have contrasted to earlier electoral disputes, through a perspective that allows the identification of important changes - whether in the degree of electoral participation or in the format and development of the parliamentary party system resulting from electoral competition. Keywords: party system; elections; representative democracy; political parties; electoral participation.

Author Biography

Maria do Socorro Sousa Braga, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Doutora em Ciência Política pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP) e Professora do Departamento de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar). Endereço eletrônico: socorros@usp.br.

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Published

2007-07-01

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 10 (2007)

Section

Special Issue 1 - Sociology and sociologists in Latin America: research, teaching, and interdisciplinarity in contemporary context

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