{"product_id":"ambition-federalism-and-legislative-politics-in-brazil-hardback-9780521816717","title":"Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil (Hardback) 9780521816717","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmbition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores how political institutions and politicians' career goals interact.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Samuels (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521816717, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 February 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e266 pages, 5 b\/w illus.  38 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"[Makes] an original argument ... by combining a study of legislative politics with the study of federalism ... [Samuels] provides the reader with a well-articulated and fairly comprehensive tour of contemporary Brazilian politics.\"  \u003cbr\u003eThe Americas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAmbition theory suggests that scholars can understand a good deal about politics by exploring politicians' career goals. In the USA, an enormous literature explains congressional politics by assuming that politicians primarily desire to win re-election. In contrast, although Brazil's institutions appear to encourage incumbency, politicians do not seek to build a career within the legislature. Instead, political ambition focuses on the subnational level. Even while serving in the legislature, Brazilian legislators act strategically to further their future extra-legislative careers by serving as 'ambassadors' of subnational governments. Brazil's federal institutions also affect politicians' electoral prospects and career goals, heightening the importance of subnational interests in the lower chamber of the national legislature. Together, ambition and federalism help explain important dynamics of executive-legislative relations in Brazil. This book's rational-choice institutionalist perspective contributes to the literature on the importance of federalism and subnational politics to understanding national-level politics around the world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables and figures\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations and acronyms\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I: 1. Ambition theory and political careers in Brazil\u003cbr\u003e 2. In the absence of congressional careerism: short stints, flat hierarchies and low payoffs in the chamber of deputies\u003cbr\u003e 3. Progressive ambition and congressional 'hot seats' in Brazil, 1945–98\u003cbr\u003e 4. Labyrinths of power, Brazilian style: post-chamber political careers\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 5. The 'Gubematorial coattails effect': federalism and congressional elections in Brazil\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 6. On the political (in)efficacy of pork-barreling in the chamber of deputies\u003cbr\u003e 7. Progressive ambition, federalism and pork-barreling in Brazil\u003cbr\u003e 8. Institutions of their own design? democratization and fiscal decentralization in Brazil, 1975–95\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Cardoso administration and changes in Brazilian federalism\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265148145944,"sku":"9780521816717","price":70.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521816717i.jpg?v=1692019927","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ambition-federalism-and-legislative-politics-in-brazil-hardback-9780521816717","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}