EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS IN BRAZIL: IS 2009 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REST OF OUR LIVES?

In evaluating the year of 2009 in Brazilian politics, this article focuses on what was the main political event of the year: the reform of Congress' Provisional Measures (MPVs) evaluation procedures. Through a very peculiar instrument of institutional reform, Michel Temer, President of the Cham...

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Autor principal:	RENNO,LÚCIO
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política 2010
Materias:	Provisional measures institutional reform Executive/Legislative relations
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-090X20100002000032010-10-06EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS IN BRAZIL: IS 2009 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REST OF OUR LIVES?RENNO,LÚCIO Provisional measures institutional reform Executive/Legislative relations In evaluating the year of 2009 in Brazilian politics, this article focuses on what was the main political event of the year: the reform of Congress' Provisional Measures (MPVs) evaluation procedures. Through a very peculiar instrument of institutional reform, Michel Temer, President of the Chamber of Deputies, offered an alternative interpretation for the existing rule regarding the blockage of the legislative agenda (sobrestamento de pauta) by Provisional Measures. The new interpretation, also partially backed by the Supreme Court, may have affected the Executive Branch's use of Provisional Measures dramatically, reducing its reliance on MPVs as a policy-making instrument. In order to test this hypothesis, the article examines the patterns of MPV use before and after President Temer's new interpretation, contrasting the years of 2008 and 2009. Empirical evidence indicates, albeit still in preliminary fashion, that the reform did affect the Executive Branch's Impetus to issue new Provisional Measures.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia PolíticaRevista de ciencia política (Santiago) v.30 n.2 20102010-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-090X2010000200003en10.4067/S0718-090X2010000200003
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description	In evaluating the year of 2009 in Brazilian politics, this article focuses on what was the main political event of the year: the reform of Congress' Provisional Measures (MPVs) evaluation procedures. Through a very peculiar instrument of institutional reform, Michel Temer, President of the Chamber of Deputies, offered an alternative interpretation for the existing rule regarding the blockage of the legislative agenda (sobrestamento de pauta) by Provisional Measures. The new interpretation, also partially backed by the Supreme Court, may have affected the Executive Branch's use of Provisional Measures dramatically, reducing its reliance on MPVs as a policy-making instrument. In order to test this hypothesis, the article examines the patterns of MPV use before and after President Temer's new interpretation, contrasting the years of 2008 and 2009. Empirical evidence indicates, albeit still in preliminary fashion, that the reform did affect the Executive Branch's Impetus to issue new Provisional Measures.
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title	EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS IN BRAZIL: IS 2009 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REST OF OUR LIVES?
title_short	EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS IN BRAZIL: IS 2009 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REST OF OUR LIVES?
title_full	EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS IN BRAZIL: IS 2009 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REST OF OUR LIVES?
title_fullStr	EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS IN BRAZIL: IS 2009 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REST OF OUR LIVES?
title_full_unstemmed	EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS IN BRAZIL: IS 2009 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REST OF OUR LIVES?
title_sort	executive-legislative relations in brazil: is 2009 the first year of the rest of our lives?
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política
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EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS IN BRAZIL: IS 2009 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REST OF OUR LIVES?

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