Constitutions and Democratic Consolidation: Brazil in Comparative Perspective

Abstract

The Report analyzes the Brazilian experience in formulating a new constitution in 1987- 1988 in comparative perspective with Portugal and Spain. It is demonstrated how the political actors in Brazil participated in the Constituent Assembly in order to ensure their interests in the basic document. Due to the political dynamics of the period and the severe economic crisis, the Assembly was extremely open, or porous, and the resulting document is long (315 articles), detailed, and extremely ambitious. There is some question, however, whether the political structures and economic resources will allow for a substantial implementation of the Constitution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1989
Accession Number
ADA208224

Entities

People

  • Thomas C. Bruneau

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • Political Ideologies
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Security
  • Social Sciences
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

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