Review of the book: HUBER, Evelyne and STEPHENS, John D. Democracy and the Left: Social Policy and Inequality in Latin America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012.The book focuses on the links and long-term effects between democracy, redistributive policies, poverty, and inequality in...

In August 2015, there were over 15 million party members in Brazil, aggregating nearly 11% of the electorate, which places the Brazilian democracy among the most significant in this aspect. It is surprising that millions of individuals integrate organizations that are pointed out by part of the...

Spanish Abstract: El artículo analiza el actual sistema de partidos en Brasil bajo la lente conceptual del partido cartel de Katz y Mair (1995, 2009), valiéndose de algunos de sus indicadores, pero sin pretender hacer una comprobación sistemática y global de la tesis. Son planteados tres...

In January 2014 there were over 15 million party members in Brazil, aggregating nearly 11% of the electorate, which places the Brazilian democracy among the most significant in this aspect. Despite the tendency to overestimate these official data from the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), it is...

O presente trabalho busca analisar quais são as causas que levam os governos não centrais a se internacionalizarem, bem como as vantagens e dificuldades encontradas por esses governos ao se inserirem no sistema internacional. Nas últimas décadas, o processo de internacionalização de...