The purpose of the paper is to show that the nature of the relationship between governance and democracy varies … distinctive features of the other we find that governance and democracy are not just mutually reinforcing but even overlapping …, that only when we distinguish on theoretical ground governance from democracy we create the basis for analyzing their …

This Discussion Paper presents an introductory approach to presidential governance in Brazil. The historical … which consists in highlighting the critical component of presidential governance to public policy and development. The … the finding of eight presidential governance patterns, extracted from the combination of presidential decisions on the …