FROM PETISTA WAY TO BRAZILIAN WAY: HOW THE PT CHANGES IN THE ROAD

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Autor(a) principal: Goldfrank, Benjamin
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Wampler, Brian
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Revista Debates
Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/debates/article/view/2680
Resumo: When Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva won Brazil’s presidency in 2002, he and his Workers’ Party (PT) had most observers convinced that this was a watershed moment for the country’s democracy. After all, the PT had built a reputation for over twenty years for good government and ethics in politics. Yet Lula’s government has been severely undermined by corruption scandals, which surprised the most cynical PT-watchers and fostered broad disillusionment among many long-time PT supporters. This article lays out four interweaving strands of explanation for the PT’s fall from grace, involving: the high cost of Brazilian elections, the strategic decisions of the party’s dominant faction, economic constraints on an eventual Lula administration, and the difficulties of multi-party presidential systems.
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spelling FROM PETISTA WAY TO BRAZILIAN WAY: HOW THE PT CHANGES IN THE ROADFROM PETISTA WAY TO BRAZILIAN WAY: HOW THE PT CHANGES IN THE ROADCorrupçãoPartidos PolíticosPartido dos TrabalhadoresMensalãoPresidencialismo.When Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva won Brazil’s presidency in 2002, he and his Workers’ Party (PT) had most observers convinced that this was a watershed moment for the country’s democracy. After all, the PT had built a reputation for over twenty years for good government and ethics in politics. Yet Lula’s government has been severely undermined by corruption scandals, which surprised the most cynical PT-watchers and fostered broad disillusionment among many long-time PT supporters. This article lays out four interweaving strands of explanation for the PT’s fall from grace, involving: the high cost of Brazilian elections, the strategic decisions of the party’s dominant faction, economic constraints on an eventual Lula administration, and the difficulties of multi-party presidential systems.Quando Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva venceu a disputa presidencial em 2002, ele e seu Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) tiveram a maioria dos observadores convencidos de que esta era uma nova fase para a democracia do país. Afinal o PT tinha construído uma reputação de mais de vinte anos para um bom governo e ética na política. Apesar disso o governo Lula tem sido severamente minado por escândalos de corrupção, que surpreendeu até o mais cínico dos observadores do PT e fomentou amplo descontentamento entre muitos dos antigos defensores do partido. Esse artigo expõe quatro vertentes de explicação para a queda da simpatia do PT, envolvendo: o elevado custo das eleições brasileiras, as decisões estratégicas da facção dominante do partido, restrições econômicas sobre uma eventual administração Lula e sobre as dificuldades do sistema multipartidário.UFRGS2008-12-25info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/debates/article/view/268010.22456/1982-5269.2680Revista Debates; Vol. 2 Núm. 2 (2008); 245-271Revista Debates; v. 2 n. 2 (2008); 245-2711982-52692236-479Xreponame:Revista Debatesinstname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)instacron:UFRGSporhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/debates/article/view/2680/4563Goldfrank, BenjaminWampler, Brianinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2023-01-10T13:10:15Zoai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/2680Revistahttps://seer.ufrgs.br/debatesPUBhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/debates/oai1982-52692236-479Xopendoar:2023-01-10T13:10:15Revista Debates - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv FROM PETISTA WAY TO BRAZILIAN WAY: HOW THE PT CHANGES IN THE ROAD
FROM PETISTA WAY TO BRAZILIAN WAY: HOW THE PT CHANGES IN THE ROAD
title FROM PETISTA WAY TO BRAZILIAN WAY: HOW THE PT CHANGES IN THE ROAD
spellingShingle FROM PETISTA WAY TO BRAZILIAN WAY: HOW THE PT CHANGES IN THE ROAD
Goldfrank, Benjamin
Corrupção
Partidos Políticos
Partido dos Trabalhadores
Mensalão
Presidencialismo.
title_short FROM PETISTA WAY TO BRAZILIAN WAY: HOW THE PT CHANGES IN THE ROAD
title_full FROM PETISTA WAY TO BRAZILIAN WAY: HOW THE PT CHANGES IN THE ROAD
title_fullStr FROM PETISTA WAY TO BRAZILIAN WAY: HOW THE PT CHANGES IN THE ROAD
title_full_unstemmed FROM PETISTA WAY TO BRAZILIAN WAY: HOW THE PT CHANGES IN THE ROAD
title_sort FROM PETISTA WAY TO BRAZILIAN WAY: HOW THE PT CHANGES IN THE ROAD
author Goldfrank, Benjamin
author_facet Goldfrank, Benjamin
Wampler, Brian
author_role author
author2 Wampler, Brian
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Goldfrank, Benjamin
Wampler, Brian
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Corrupção
Partidos Políticos
Partido dos Trabalhadores
Mensalão
Presidencialismo.
topic Corrupção
Partidos Políticos
Partido dos Trabalhadores
Mensalão
Presidencialismo.
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