Dados es una de las principales publicaciones de ciencias sociales en América Latina. Creada en 1966, publica trabajos inéditos e innovadores, procedentes de investigaciones académicas, de autores brasileños y extranjeros. Editada por IESP-UERJ, tiene como objetivo conciliar el rigor científico y la excelencia académica con un énfasis en el debate público basado en el análisis de temas sustantivos en la sociedad y la política.
Dados vol. 49 n. 2 Rio de Janeiro 2006
Resumen
Institutional designs exert an influence on the degree of centralization or dispersion of decision-making power. This article takes a comparative approach to the institutional designs in three South American democracies - Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay - with the objective of constructing an index for concentration of power in the three countries. The indicators take three aspects into account: mechanisms for direct political participation, the legislative process with the various forms of horizontal accountability and veto among players, and the level of intervention by the Executive Branch using proactive and reactive powers. A systematic data survey shows that the designs in the three countries display major differences.
Palabras-clave: Latin American legislatures; presidentialisms in Latin America; comparative politics in Latin America.
DOI: 10.1590/S0011-52582006000200003
Presidencialismos em perspectiva comparada: Argentina, Brasil e Uruguai
Português do Brasil
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