Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaWho are them? Identifying and characterizing councilors in Brazil (2000-2016)
Councilors are the largest share of politicians in Brazil, however, we do not know much about them. This affirmation can be exemplified, based on the municipal elections from 2000 to 2016, by averages of 380,597 candidates disputing 56,146 places. Initially it seems that such elections mobilize all...
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| description | Councilors are the largest share of politicians in Brazil, however, we do not know much about them. This affirmation can be exemplified, based on the municipal elections from 2000 to 2016, by averages of 380,597 candidates disputing 56,146 places. Initially it seems that such elections mobilize all parties and thousands of postulants, symbolizing a representative democracy that stimulates participation. Thus, we have a political framework marked by continuous party fragmentation and competitive elections. But who are the councilmen? Locally, parties tend not to perform parliamentary co-ordination functions, which are characteristically expected to be held in Parliament. This argument reinforces the fact that 85% of the chambers have between 9 and 11 councilmen. In this configuration, it can be deduced that the main actors are the councilors themselves, not the parties. It is then necessary to characterize who these agents are and whether they remain in the elections. In consideration that the research problem is who are the candidates who win elections and, consequently, if the elect vary or there is a marked permanence, the central hypothesis is that the entrance in the municipal Legislative is more restricted than the great volume of applications would suggest and this is due to the fact that the entry is concentrated in the hands of a few local politicians. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO614062022-03-18T16:17:30Z Who are them? Identifying and characterizing councilors in Brazil (2000-2016) Quem são eles? Identificando e caracterizando os vereadores brasileiros (2000-2016) Silva, Bruno Souza da Dantas, Humberto Local politics in Brazil Councilors Political representation City Councils Política local no Brasil Vereadores Representação política Câmaras municipais Councilors are the largest share of politicians in Brazil, however, we do not know much about them. This affirmation can be exemplified, based on the municipal elections from 2000 to 2016, by averages of 380,597 candidates disputing 56,146 places. Initially it seems that such elections mobilize all parties and thousands of postulants, symbolizing a representative democracy that stimulates participation. Thus, we have a political framework marked by continuous party fragmentation and competitive elections. But who are the councilmen? Locally, parties tend not to perform parliamentary co-ordination functions, which are characteristically expected to be held in Parliament. This argument reinforces the fact that 85% of the chambers have between 9 and 11 councilmen. In this configuration, it can be deduced that the main actors are the councilors themselves, not the parties. It is then necessary to characterize who these agents are and whether they remain in the elections. In consideration that the research problem is who are the candidates who win elections and, consequently, if the elect vary or there is a marked permanence, the central hypothesis is that the entrance in the municipal Legislative is more restricted than the great volume of applications would suggest and this is due to the fact that the entry is concentrated in the hands of a few local politicians. Os vereadores compõem a maior parcela dos políticos no Brasil, porém, pouco se sabe deles. Ilustram esta afirmação, com base nas eleições municipais de 2000 a 2016, médias de 380.597 candidatos disputando 56.146 vagas. Inicialmente parece que tais eleições mobilizam todos os partidos e milhares de postulantes, simbolizando uma democracia representativa que estimula a participação. Assim, temos um quadro político marcado pela contínua fragmentação partidária e eleições competitivas. Mas quem são os vereadores? Em âmbito local, os partidos tendem a não desempenhar funções de coordenação parlamentar que, caracteristicamente, espera-se que sejam exercidas no Parlamento. Reforça este argumento o fato de 85% das Câmaras terem entre 9 e 11 vereadores. Diante dessa configuração, deduz-se que os atores principais são os próprios vereadores, não os partidos. No entanto, falta caracterizar quem são esses agentes e se há permanência/alternância deles nas eleições. Tendo em vista que o problema de pesquisa é analisar quem são os candidatos que vencem eleições e se dentre os eleitos há permanência ou variação marcante, a hipótese central é a de que a entrada nos Legislativos municipais é mais restrita do que o grande volume de candidaturas sugeriria e que isto se deve ao fato de tal ingresso se concentrar nas mãos de poucos políticos locais. 2018-01-19 2022-03-18T16:17:30Z 2022-03-18T16:17:30Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/perspectivas/article/view/10906 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/61406 por https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/perspectivas/article/view/10906/7058 Copyright (c) 2018 Perspectivas: Revista de Ciências Sociais application/pdf Universidade Estadual Paulista / UNESP Perspectivas: Revista de Ciências Sociais; v. 48 (2016) 1984-0241 0101-3459 |
| spellingShingle | Local politics in Brazil Councilors Political representation City Councils Política local no Brasil Vereadores Representação política Câmaras municipais Silva, Bruno Souza da Dantas, Humberto Who are them? Identifying and characterizing councilors in Brazil (2000-2016) |
| title | Who are them? Identifying and characterizing councilors in Brazil (2000-2016) |
| title_full | Who are them? Identifying and characterizing councilors in Brazil (2000-2016) |
| title_fullStr | Who are them? Identifying and characterizing councilors in Brazil (2000-2016) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who are them? Identifying and characterizing councilors in Brazil (2000-2016) |
| title_short | Who are them? Identifying and characterizing councilors in Brazil (2000-2016) |
| title_sort | who are them? identifying and characterizing councilors in brazil (2000-2016) |
| topic | Local politics in Brazil Councilors Political representation City Councils Política local no Brasil Vereadores Representação política Câmaras municipais |
| url | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/perspectivas/article/view/10906 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/61406 |