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Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil

David Samuels 2003 ;ISBN: 9780521030625 ;ISBN: 0521816718 ;ISBN: 0521030625 ;ISBN: 9780521816717 ;EISBN: 9780511510366 ;EISBN: 0511510365 ;EISBN: 9781139148405 ;EISBN: 1139148400 ;EISBN: 1107134552 ;EISBN: 9781107134553 ;DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511510366 ;OCLC: 475924497

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  • Title:
    Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil
  • Author: Samuels, David
  • Subjects: 20th century ; Ambition ; Attitudes ; Brazil ; Decision theory ; Federal government ; History ; Legislative power ; Legislators ; Legislature ; Political behaviour ; Political psychology ; Politicians ; Politics, Practical ; Rational choice theory ; Rationality
  • Description: Ambition theory suggests that scholars can understand a good deal about politics by exploring politicians' career goals. In the USA, an enormous literature explains congressional politics by assuming that politicians primarily desire to win re-election. In contrast, although Brazil's institutions appear to encourage incumbency, politicians do not seek to build a career within the legislature. Instead, political ambition focuses on the subnational level. Even while serving in the legislature, Brazilian legislators act strategically to further their future extra-legislative careers by serving as 'ambassadors' of subnational governments. Brazil's federal institutions also affect politicians' electoral prospects and career goals, heightening the importance of subnational interests in the lower chamber of the national legislature. Together, ambition and federalism help explain important dynamics of executive-legislative relations in Brazil. This book's rational-choice institutionalist perspective contributes to the literature on the importance of federalism and subnational politics to understanding national-level politics around the world.
  • Publisher: New York: Cambridge University Press
  • Creation Date: 2003
  • Format: 266
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780521030625
    ISBN: 0521816718
    ISBN: 0521030625
    ISBN: 9780521816717
    EISBN: 9780511510366
    EISBN: 0511510365
    EISBN: 9781139148405
    EISBN: 1139148400
    EISBN: 1107134552
    EISBN: 9781107134553
    DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511510366
    OCLC: 475924497
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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