Bibliograph

Partisans, antipartisans, and nonpartisans, voting behavior in Brazil, David J. Samuels, Cesar Zucco

Type

Label

Partisans, antipartisans, and nonpartisans, voting behavior in Brazil, David J. Samuels, Cesar Zucco

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Partisans, antipartisans, and nonpartisans

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1032810253

Responsibility statement

David J. Samuels, Cesar Zucco

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

voting behavior in Brazil

Summary

Conventional wisdom suggests that partisanship has little impact on voter behavior in Brazil; what matters most is pork-barreling, incumbent performance, and candidates' charisma. This book shows that soon after redemocratization in the 1980s, over half of Brazilian voters expressed either a strong affinity or antipathy for or against a particular political party. In particular, that the contours of positive and negative partisanship in Brazil have mainly been shaped by how people feel about one party - the Workers' Party (PT). Voter behavior in Brazil has largely been structured around sentiment for or against this one party, and not any of Brazil's many others. The authors show how the PT managed to successfully cultivate widespread partisanship in a difficult environment, and also explain the emergence of anti-PT attitudes. They then reveal how positive and negative partisanship shape voters' attitudes about politics and policy, and how they shape their choices in the ballot booth.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Partisanship & Antipartisanship in Brazil; 3. The Strength of Partisan Attitudes in Brazil; 4. The Rise (and Decline) of Petismo; 5. Partisanship, Antipartisanship, & Voting Behavior; 6. Partisanship and Antipartisanship in Comparative Perspective; 7. Parties, Voters and Brazilian Democracy; References; Index

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