Corruption and Democracy in Brazil

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Brazil, the world's fourth largest democracy, has been plagued in recent years by corruption scandals. Corruption and Democracy in Brazil: The Struggle for Accountability considers the performance of the Brazilian federal accountability system with a view to diagnosing the system's strengths, weaknesses, and areas of potential improvement; taking stock of recent micro- and macro-level reforms; and pointing out the implications of the various dimensions of the accountability process for Brazil's democratic regime.

The book's essays take a multidimensional approach to the accountability matrix in Brazil. The first section of the book investigates the complex interrelationships among representative institutions, electoral dynamics, and public opinion. In the second section, authors address nonelectoral dimensions of accountability, such as the role of the media, accounting institutions, police, prosecutors, and courts. In the final chapter, the editors reflect upon the policy implications of the essays, considering recommendations that may contribute to an effective fight against political corruption and support ongoing accountability, as well as articulating analytical lessons for social scientists interested in the functioning of accountability networks.

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• police
• Political Process
• Political Ideologies
• Political Science
• Politics Magazine
• General officer
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• Democracy

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• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 31 octobre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780268089801
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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Scott Mainwaring, series editor
The University of Notre Dame Press gratefully thanks the Helen Kellogg Institute for
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For a complete list of titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies,
see http://www.undpress.nd.eduCORRUPTION AND
DEMOCRACY IN BRAZIL
The Struggle for Accountability
edited by
Timothy J. Power and Matthew M. Taylor
University of Notre Dame Press
Notre Dame, IndianaCopyright © 2011 by the University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Corruption and democracy in Brazil : the struggle for accountability / edited by
Timothy J. Power and Matthew M. Taylor.
p. cm. — (From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-268-03894-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-268-03894-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Political corruption—Brazil. 2. Political corruption—Brazil—
Prevention. 3. Political culture—Brazil. 4. Administrative responsibility—
Brazil. 5. Democracy—Brazil. 6. Brazil—Politics and government—
21st century. 7. Mass media—Political aspects—Brazil. I. Power, Timothy J.
(Timothy Joseph), 1962– II. Taylor, Matthew MacLeod.
JL2429.C6C69 2011
320.981—dc22
2010049970
∞ The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and
durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity
of the Council on Library Resources.Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Abbreviations ix
Chapter One
Introduction: Accountability Institutions and Political
Corruption in Brazil 1
 .   &   . 
PART ONE
Representative Institutions, Electoral Accountability, and Public Opinion
Chapter Two
Presidentialism, Coalitions, and Accountability 31
 ,  .  , &  . 
Chapter Three
Corruption and Voting 56
 . 
Chapter Four
Corruption, Campaign Finance, and Reelection 80
 ,  . , &  . vi Contents
PART TWO
Postelectoral Dimensions of Accountability
Chapter Five
The Media and Political Accountability 103
 .  
Chapter Six
Auditing Institutions 127
 . 
Chapter Seven
The Federal Judiciary and Electoral Courts 162
  . 
Chapter Eight
The Federal Police and the Ministério Público 184
  . 
Chapter Nine
Federalism and State Criminal Justice Systems 218
 
Chapter Ten
Conclusion: The Web of Accountability Institutions in Brazil 250
 .   &   . 
References 276
Contributors 300
Index 304Acknowledgments
A volume such as this is a result of the labors of many others besides the
editors, and this is the appropriate place to recognize and thank those who
have generously assisted us along the road to publication.
This volume grew out of a workshop organized by the Brazilian
Studies Programme (BSP) of the University of Oxford, held at St. Antony’s
College on May 23, 2008. The BSP, successor to the former Centre for Brazilian
Studies at Oxford, has a long-standing program of research and
publication on the comparative politics of Brazilian democracy. The editors are
grateful to Joe Foweraker, director of the University’s Latin American Cen-
tre at the time, and Margaret MacMillan, warden of St. Antony’s College,
for their support of the workshop. The workshop—and the resultant
edited volume—benefited tremendously from the astute comments offered
by our three discussants: Alfred P. Montero, Anthony W. Pereira, and
Laurence Whitehead.
Timothy Power would like to thank Leslie Bethell, former director of
Brazilian Studies at Oxford, and Andrew Hurrell, chair of the BSP
management committee, for their roles in making the workshop possible. He owes
a debt of gratitude to Susannah Bartholomew, former administrator of the
BSP, and Maria Elvira Ryan, secretary of the Latin American Centre, for
their excellent logistical support.
Matthew Taylor would like to thank Tim and Valéria Power for their
hospitality at Oxford, where they set the perfect collegial tone for the
enterprise ahead. It is not often that such productive intellectual pursuits are
preceded by Brazilian delicacies and followed by both High Table and
softball on the banks of the Thames. Bruno Speck helped shape the agenda for
the workshop through his insightful comments on our initial framework
document. Steve Morris and Chris Blake were kind enough to share their
own work on corruption in Latin America while it was still in manuscript
form, enabling us to build from a much stronger theoretical foundation.
viiviii Acknowledgments
Together, the editors would like to thank the eight other
contributors for providing us with insightful, provocative, and scholarly chapters
that are also highly germane to our central theme. We are grateful to Scott
Main waring, director of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International
Studies, for his strong support of this volume. Scott’s own work on democratic
accountability in Latin America was and remains a reference point for the
editors and the contributors to this volume, as is evident from the chapters
that follow. Finally, we are deeply appreciative of two anonymous
reviewers whose comments greatly improved the book, as well as all of the
editorial staff at the University of Notre Dame Press, for their wise counsel and
guidance of the publication process.Abbreviations
Acronym Portuguese Approximate English Translation
ABIN Agência Brasileira de Brazilian Intelligence Agency
Inteligência
AGU Advocacia Geral da União Federal Attorney General’s Office,
or Federal Solicitor General’s
Office
AMB Associação dos Association of Brazilian
Magistrados Brasileiros Magistrates
CGU Controladoria Geral Federal Comptroller’s Office
da União
CIDE Contribuição de Contribution for Intervention
Intervenção no Domínio in the Economic Domain
Econômico
CNJ Conselho Nacional de National Judicial Council
Justiça
COAF Conselho de Controle de Council for the Oversight
Atividades Financeiras of Financial Activities
CONAMP Conselho Nacional do National Council of the
Ministério Público Ministério Público
CPI Comissão Parlamentar Congressional Committee
de Inquérito of Inquiry
CPMF Contribuição Provisória Temporary Contribution on
sobre Movimentação Financial Transactions
Financeira
DFSP Departamento Federal Federal Public Security
de Segurança Pública Department
ixx Abbreviations
DOI Destacamento de Opera- Division of Information
ções de Informações Operations
DOPS Departamento de Ordem Department of Political
Política e Social and Social Order
DRU Desvinculação dos Disentailment of
Recursos da União Federal Resources
ENCCLA Estratégia Nacional de National Strategy for
Combate à Corrupção e Combating Corruption
à Lavagem de Dinheiro and Money Laundering
ESEB Estudo Eleitoral Brasileiro Brazilian Elect