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Copyright of Intersecoes: Revista de Estudios Interdisciplinares is the property of Editora da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (EdUERJ) and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

This paper deals with the reelection issue and other variables related to it, such as desistance of running, running again and parliamentary renewal. Initially, the conceptual and methodological aspects of this line of inquiry. Later, it is centered in the case of the Chamber of Councilmen of Pelotas (RS), in the elections of 1982 up to 2004, with the objective of identifying patterns and trends that remain or that are modified along the time, as well as carrying through a comprehensive analysis of the political and institutional meanings of these phenomena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is no reason to treat the Brazilian political system as a singular one. Coalitions obey and are built according to party principles. The president, whose institutional power was enhanced by 1988's Constitution, monopolizes legislative initiative, which puts Brazilian system close to European parliamentary democracies. Even though its based upon empirical data, this essay formulates theoretical problems, such as the importance of institutional choices and how they affect relations between majority and minority in democratic governments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]