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The Brazilian Legislature and Political System: (Contributions in Political Science)
The Brazilian Legislature and Political System - Contributions in Political Science Author:Abdo I. Baaklini The Brazilian experience is a pace setter in the transition from an authoritarian regime to the establishment of stable and democratically responsible political institutions. This insightful analysis, based on decades of field work, is the very first of its kind on a legislature outside the United States. Moreover, it addresses important issues ... more »regarding the role of executive and congressional bureaucracies in the system of government. "There is no other book like this. It is very useful for understanding the Brazilian military regime and how Brazil emerged from it. The author, because of long association through a research project of his university with the Brazilian Congress, is in a unique position to study it in depth." Robert Alexander Rutgers University« less