WELCOME
Executives, presidents and cabinet politics
Center for Legislative Studies (CEL)
Universidade federal de minas gerais (UFMG)
HIGHLIGHT
Administrative unilateralism of presidents in Latin America: regulatory selectivity and particularism
This research investigates how presidents make decisions when Congress and ministers resist their government agendas in six Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Paraguay).
SPECIAL REPORTS
Um retrato de 2024: direita cresce, centro e esquerda recuam ainda mais
Carlos Ranulfo Melo – Um dos assuntos que tem permeado a discussão no período posterior às eleições municipais é a (quase) ausência de uma polarização nacional nas disputas.
POST
The Impact of Low Presidential Approval on Cabinet Stability: Evidence from Brazil and Chile
The Impact of Low Presidential Approval on Cabinet Stability: Evidence from Brazil and Chile – How can a minister’s attributes prevent his exit from the cabinet during periods of low presidential approval? This was the central question in my article, published in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (González-Bustamante, 2023).
WHO WE ARE
We are a network of researchers focused on presidents, executive-legislative relations, and cabinet politics. For more than a decade, we have been developing important debates and analyses on these topics, focusing on Brazilian and comparative politics. Our team is composed of collaborators from Brazil and other countries around the world. We are institutionally linked to the Federal University of Minas Gerais, one of the most respected universities in Brazil and Latin America.
EVENTS
Seminário Presidência, Gabinete e Burocracias
In the run-up to the 2022 presidential elections, the PEX Network brought together an extraordinary group of scholars and practitioners to debate the challenges for the new government and for Brazilian democracy. This lively debate highlighted the political, administrative and institutional problems facing the new government and was subsequently published in the book Presidente, Gabinete e Burocracias: o que a nova administração Lula precisa saber | Magna Inácio (org.)