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No Country for Leftists? Clientelist Continuity and the 2006 Vote in the Brazilian Northeast

Authors :
Alfred P. Montero
Source :
Journal of Politics in Latin America
Publication Year :
2010
Publisher :
SAGE Publications, 2010.

Abstract

Building upon recent studies of the electoral effects of social policy and President Lula da Silva's coattails in the 2006 Brazilian elections, this article explains the performance of leftist and conservative candidates in elections for governor during that cycle in the Northeast region. The study assesses three systemic factors: the conditional cash transfer program, Bolsa Família, economic growth, and Lula's coattails on support for right-wing incumbents and left-wing oppositions in the states of Bahia, Maranhão, and Ceará. Based on the analysis of an original municipal-level dataset and a survey of partisan elites, the findings underscore the importance of urbanbased party building strategies across the three states and patterns of elite alliances specific to each state. Alliances made in the capitals coupled with divided conservative establishments, facilitated leftist victories in the examined states. At the same time, variations in alliance patterns and leftist party development across the three states reveal that conservative clientele networks remain vibrant bases of right-wing support, especially in the interior, and despite either social policy or Lula's coattails.<br />Com referência aos estudos recentes dos efeitos eleitorais de política social e o apoio por Presidente Lula da Silva nas eleições brasileiras de 2006, este artigo explica o desempenho de candidatos esquerdistas e conservadores nas eleições para governador durante aquele ciclo na região Nordeste. O estudo avalia três fatores sistêmicos: o programa de transferência direta de renda com condicionalidades, a Bolsa Família, crescimento econômico, e o efeito Lula em suporte de candidatos direitistas e oposições esquerdistas nos estados de Bahia, Maranhão, e Ceará. Baseado na análise de uma base de dados original de casos municipais e uma pesquisa de lideranças partidárias, os resultados sublinham a importância de estratégias partidárias mobilizatórias nos centros urbanos nos três estados e as alianças de elites de cada estado. Alianças feitas por oposições esquerdistas nas capitais em estados com elites conservadores divididos facilitaram vitórias esquerdistas nos estados examinados. Ao mesmo tempo, as variações em modelos de aliança e desenvolvimento dos partidos da esquerda nos três estados revelam que as redes de clientelismo conservadoras permanecem bases vibrantes do suporte direitista, especialmente no interior, e apesar da política social ou apesar do apoio por Lula.

Subjects

Subjects :
political elite
descriptive study
Sociology and Political Science
Presidential election
deskriptive Studie
Opposition (politics)
Präsidentschaftswahl
Sozialpolitik
Public administration
Sociology & anthropology
social policy
Political Science
Brazil, North East, Clientelism, Bolsa Família, Family Allowances, Regional Disparities, Regional Policy, Space, Analysis
Ciencia Política
Brasil, Clientelismo, Bolsa Família, Subsidios Familiares, Disparidades Regionales, Política Regional, Espacio, Análisis
Brazil, North East
recent
Brasil, Noreste
reciente
Wahlergebnis
empirisch-quantitativ
Brasilien
Entwicklungsland
politische Elite
Region
Sociology
Opposition
Political science
Social policy
quantitative empirical
Entwicklungsländersoziologie, Entwicklungssoziologie
empirisch
conservative party
regional factors
Präsident
Netzwerk
konservative Partei
ddc:301
Brazil
opposition
Politikwissenschaft
politische Situation
socialist party
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Left-wing politics
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
politisches System
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
political situation
election result
president
Conditional cash transfer
political system
developing country
Südamerika
South America
Lateinamerika
Latin America
Alliance
presidential election
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Political system
Political economy
ddc:320
network
Political Science and International Relations
Elite
regionale Faktoren
empirical
sozialistische Partei

Details

ISSN :
18684890 and 1866802X
Volume :
2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Politics in Latin America
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....97e8a68e038ca41ec89080d543258f12
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/1866802x1000200205