Parties and parliaments are collective, parliamentarians are individual - now what? - Foundation Office Brazil
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Parties and parliaments are collective, parliamentarians are individual - now what?
Brazil in Focus 07/2022
The new article of "Brasil em Foco" series brings reflections on the relationship between the individualistic logic and the incentives to build a collective order in a representative democracy.
In July's episode, political scientist Humberto Dantas analyses five dimensions of this topic: election, cabinet, legislative initiative, party affiliation and access to the budget. At the end, he evaluates the consequences of these reflections for parliamentarians and the population.
