Research on Brazil's political institutions has gone through several phases since
democratisation in 1985. In the early years of democracy, pessimism prevailed with regard …

Courts, like other government institutions, shape public policy. But how are courts drawn into
the policy process, and how are patterns of policy debate shaped by the institutional …

This study assesses the scope and applicability of the “protest paradigm” in non-Western
contexts by examining the news coverage of Brazilian, Chinese, and Indian protests in their …

In this book, Porto analyzes the role of TV Globo in the democratization of Brazil. TV Globo,
one of the world's largest media conglomerates, has a dominant position in Brazil's …

The central hypothesis derived in this article is that the ability of Brazil's central government
to bypass governors determined the success of delivering public goods federation-wide in …

Drawing on historical and rational choice institutionalism, this article seeks to explain the
evolution of the Workers' Party as it moved from opposition to government between 1989 …

This article analyzes the evolution of the network of Brazilian federal accountability
institutions over the course of the past generation, between the transition to democracy and …

Are subnational political elites, such as governors, capable of affecting the voting behavior
of national representatives even in the face of high legislative discipline? We address this …

This paper provides an exploratory comparative assessment of the institutional pressures
influencing corporate social responsibility (CSR) in a developed country, UK, vs. a …

The article analyzes the development process of a new anti-corruption institutionality in
Brazil, based mainly on judicial tools and on the legal system–police officers, prosecutors …