Turkeys Do Not Vote for Christmas. The Brazilian Anti-Vote-Buying Law

Abstract: The research to date shows conflicting results about the effect of perceived corruption on political participation by the public. Corruption perception can mobilize, demobilize, or show no impact on political participation. The Brazilian Anti-Vote-Buying Law of 1999, one of the fastest laws ever to be approved in the country, is an example of how perceived corruption can increase public engagement. Using process tracing, the author tells this story identifying two sets of factors ranked according to their causal power (distal and proximal conditions) and further test the theory. The Brazilian population, who perceived corruption as high, learned about the antidemocratic aspects of vote buying and how to curb it. This ‘informed’ perception of corruption led people to politically participate by signing the popular initiative.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Turkeys Do Not Vote for Christmas. The Brazilian Anti-Vote-Buying Law ; volume:66 ; number:3 ; year:2018 ; pages:325-348 ; extent:24 ; Comparative Southeast European studies ; 66, Heft 3 (2018), 325-348 (gesamt 24)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Carmo, Andreia reis do

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/soeu-2018-0027
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404301546377.541342527265
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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