Political Reform: unfinished business in Brazil after Lula?

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/desafios/a.2096

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Published: Jul 1, 2012
Issue: Vol. 24 No. 1 (2012): (January-June) Perspectives on Democracy in Latin America
Section Thematic Dossier


Keywords: Brazil – Lula – Workers party – Political reform – Representation.

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Yann Basset
Universidad del Rosario

Abstract

A year away from leaving the presidency, this article analyses Lula government in light of the many corruption scandals that erupted afterwards. These events showed that despite the almost unanimous conclusion of its balance sheet, Lula government leaves a big task ahead: the political reform. Priority of the Workers’ Party during the years 1980 and 1990, and subject of many academic studies, this issue has been abandoned in the 2000s, with the accession to power of Lula Da Silva. This paper evaluates the state-of-the-art on this matter and defends the need for further consideration in light of current events, and in a broader theoretical perspective than the institutional engineering one that prevailed earlier. 
Author Biography

Yann Basset, Universidad del Rosario

Doctor en ciencia política de la Universidad de Paris III – Sorbona Nueva. Profesor de las Facultades de Ciencia Política y Gobierno y de Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad del Rosario. Investigador del Centro de Estudios Políticos e Internacionales (CEPI), y Director del Observatorio de Procesos Electorales (OPE) de la misma universidad. Es autor de varios trabajos sobre partidos políticos y elecciones.
How to Cite
Basset, Y. (2012). Political Reform: unfinished business in Brazil after Lula?. Desafíos, 24(1), 83–118. https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/desafios/a.2096
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