Malapportionment and Geographical Bases of Electoral Support in the Brazilian Senate Desproporcionalidade de Representação e Geografia de Bases Eleitorais no Senado Brasileiro

This paper analyzes the relationship between malapportionment and electoral bases of support for Brazilian senators. The conventional wisdom asserts that malapportionment contributes to the “politics of backwardness” – that it facilitates clientelism and hinders issue-based campaigns, reducing elect...

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Published in:Journal of Politics in Latin America
Main Authors: Taeko Hiroi, Pedro Neiva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
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Online Access:http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jpla/article/view/617