Patterns of electoral competition for the Chamber of Deputies in Brazil (1994-2002)

The current article presents an analysis of the patterns of electoral competition to the Chamber of Deputies in Brazil. Electoral rules have a significant impact on political competition and on the configuration and workings of the political system in general. This study considers not only the impac...

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Autores principales: D’ALVA KINZO, Maria; Universidad de São Paulo, MARTINS, José Paulo; Universidad de São Paulo, BORIN, Ivan; Universidad de São Paulo
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad de Salamanca 2013
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Acceso en línea:http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/10323
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=es/es-011&d=article10323oai
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Sumario:The current article presents an analysis of the patterns of electoral competition to the Chamber of Deputies in Brazil. Electoral rules have a significant impact on political competition and on the configuration and workings of the political system in general. This study considers not only the impact of the system of open list proportional representation, but also at the combination of this method with the possibility of parties forming electoral alliances.