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Federalism and regional coalition: state-level representativeness in Brazilian ministerial portfolios

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https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.5462

Keywords:

ministers, coalition presidentialism, federalism, cabinet selection, political parties

Abstract

Our article analyzes the proportional presence of states and regions in ministerial offices during the administrations of Cardoso, Lula da Silva, and Rousseff. Stemming from the political starting point of 265 ministers, we developed an index to measure the federative coalescence rate of ministerial offices. The index calculates the regional representation proportionality of ministerial staffs year by year across different administrations. Beyond the overrepresentation of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, and Rio de Janeiro regarding the effective weight of such states in allied parties within Congress, our results allow us to compare the intensity and evolution of federative coalescence with party coalescence over time for different presidents.

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Author Biographies

Paulo Franz, Federal University of Paraná

Paulo Franz (pfranzj@gmail.com) possui graduação em Ciências Sociais (2014), mestrado em Ciência Política (2017) e doutorado em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (2021). É pesquisador do Observatório de Elites Políticas e Sociais do Brasil da UFPR

Virginia Laura Fernández, Federal University for Latin American Integration

Virginia Laura Fernández (virginialaurafernandez@yahoo.com.ar) é Bacharel em Economia pela Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina (2003), Mestre em Desarrollo Económico Local pela Universidade Nacional de San Martin e pela Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2010) e Doutora em Desenvolvimento Econômico pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (2014). Atualmente é professora adjunta no Curso de Ciências Econômicas e na Pós-Graduação em Economia da Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana e no Mestrado Profissional em Economia da Universidade Federal do Paraná.

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01/19/2023

How to Cite

Codato, A., Franz, P., & Fernández, V. L. (2023). Federalism and regional coalition: state-level representativeness in Brazilian ministerial portfolios. In SciELO Preprints. https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.5462

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