Hostname: page-component-669899f699-swprf Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-04-25T03:07:55.309Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Delegation, Agenda Control, and Budget Reform in Brazil, 1999–2008

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2022

Sérgio Praça
Sérgio Praça*
Affiliation:
CPDOC/School of Social Sciences, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

How are patterns of delegation between the president and the legislature chosen in multiparty presidential regimes? How do political actors make strategic use of legislative provisions during moments of institutional reform? This essay explores causal mechanisms related to these questions based on a case study of Brazilian budget reform from 1999 to 2008. The main findings are that legislative agenda control can be decisive for the maintenance of delegation patterns that favor governing coalitions; entrepreneurs have a real, but limited, power; and the strategic use of legislative rules may be as relevant for institutional reform as they are for regular policy making.

Resumo

Resumo

Como padrões de delegação entre o presidente e o Congresso são determinados em sistemas presidencialistas multipartidários? Como atores políticos usam estrategicamente procedimentos legislativos durante momentos de reforma institucional? Este artigo explora mecanismos causais relacionados a essas questões com base em um estudo de caso do processo orçamentário brasileiro entre 1999 e 2008. Três implicações do argumento são: o controle da agenda legislativa pode ser decisivo para manter padrões de delegação favoráveis à coalizão; empreendedores têm poder real, mas limitado, para propor mudanças institucionais; e o uso estratégico de regras legislativas pode ser tão relevante para reformas institucionais quanto é para o processo de formulação de políticas públicas.

Type
Research Article
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , 2015 , pp. 92 - 110
Copyright
Copyright © 2015 by the Latin American Studies Association

References

Abrucio, Fernando Luiz 1998 Os barões da federação. São Paulo: USP; Editora Hucitec.Google Scholar
Alston, Lee; Marcus Melo, Mueller, Bernardo, and Pereira, Carlos 2009 “Presidential Power, Fiscal Responsibility Laws, and the Allocation of Spending: The Case of Brazil.” In Who Decides the Budget? A Political Economy Analysis of the Budget Process in Latin America, edited by Hallerberg, Mark, Scartascini, Carlos, and Stein, Ernesto, 57–90. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.Google Scholar
Alston, Lee J., and Mueller, Bernardo 2005 “Pork for Policy: Executive and Legislative Exchange in Brazil.” Journal of Lazo, Economics and Organization 22 (1): 87–114.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ames, Barry 2002 “Party Discipline in the Chamber of Deputies.” In Legislative Politics in Latin America, edited by Morgenstern, Scott and Nacif, Benito, 185–221. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Amorim Neto, Octavio 2006 “The Presidential Calculus: Executive Policy Making and Cabinet Formation in the Americas.” Comparative Political Studies 39 (4): 415–440.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Amorim Neto, Octavio, Cox, Gary W., and McCubbins, Mathew D. 2003 “Agenda Power in Brazil's Câmara dos Deputados, 1989–98.” World Politics 55 (4): 550–578.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Armijo, Leslie Elliott, Faucher, Philippe, and Dembinska, Magdalena 2006 “Compared to What? Assessing Brazil's Political Institutions.” Comparative Political Studies 39 (6): 759–786.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Arretche, Marta 2007 “The Veto Power of Sub-National Governments in Brazil: Political Institutions and Parliamentary Behavior in the Post-1988 Period.” Brazilian Political Science Review 1 (2): 40–73.Google Scholar
Baum, Jeeyang Rhee 2007 “Presidents Have Problems Too: The Logic of Intra-Branch Delegation in East Asian Democracies.” British Journal of Political Science 37 (4): 659–684.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bendor, Jonathan, Glazer, Ami, and Hammond, Thomas H. 2001 “Theories of Delegation.” Annual Review of Political Science 4 (1): 235–269.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bezerra, Marcos Otávio 1999 Em nome das “bases”: Política, favor e dependência pessoal. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Relume Dumará.Google Scholar
Campbell, John L. 2004 Institutional Change and Globalization. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Carvalho, Carvalho Nelson Rojas 2003 E no início eram as bases: Geografia política do voto e comportamento legislativo no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Revan.Google Scholar
Cheibub, José Antônio, Figueiredo, Argelina, and Limongi, Fernando 2009 “Political Parties and Governors as Determinants of Legislative Behavior in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, 1988–2006.” Latin American Politics and Society 51 (1): 1–30.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Collier, David 2011 “Understanding Process Tracing.” PS: Political Science and Politics 44 (4): 823–830.Google Scholar
Cox, Gary 2000 “On the Effects of Legislative Rules.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 25 (2): 169–192.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cox, Gary 2006 “The Organization of Democratic Legislatures.” In The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy, edited by Weingast, Barry and Wittman, Donald, 141–161. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Cox, Gary W., and McCubbins, Mathew D. 1993 Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House. Berkeley: University of California Press.Google Scholar
Dantas Neto, Paulo Fábio 2006 Tradição, autocracia e carisma: A política de Antônio Carlos Magalhães na modernização da Bahia (1954–1974). Rio de Janeiro: IUPERJ.Google Scholar
Diniz, Simone 2005 “Interações entre os poderes executivo e legislativo no processo decisório: Avaliando sucesso e fracasso presidencial.” Dados 48 (2): 333–369.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Enelow, James M., and Koehler, David H. 1980 “The Amendment in Legislative Strategy: Sophisticated Voting in the U.S. Congress.” Journal of Politics 42 (2): 396–413.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Epstein, David, and O'Halloran, Sharyn 1999 Delegating Powers: A Transaction Cost Politics Approach to Policy Making under Separate Powers. New York: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Farrier, Jasmine 2004 Passing the Buck: Congress, the Budget, and Deficits. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.Google Scholar
Figueiredo, Argelina, and Limongi, Fernando 2005 “Processo orçamentário e comportamento legislativo: Emendas individuais, apoio ao executivo e programas de governo.” Dados 48 (4): 737–776.Google Scholar
Figueiredo, Argelina, and Limongi, Fernando 2008 Política orçamentária no presidencialismo de coalizão. Rio de Janeiro: Editora FGV.Google Scholar
Finocchiaro, Charles J., and Jenkins, Jeffery A. 2008 “In Search of Killer Amendments in the Modern U.S. House.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 33 (2): 263–294.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Freitas, Rafael 2010 “Poder de agenda e participação legislativa no presidencialismo de coalizão brasileiro.” Master's thesis, Universidade de São Paulo.Google Scholar
Gaylord, Sylvia, and Rennó, Lúcio 2015 “Opening the Black Box: Cabinet Authorship of Legislative Proposals in a Multiparty Presidential System.” Presidential Studies Quarterly 45 (2): 247–269.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Huber, John D., and Shipan, Charles R. 2002 Deliberate Discretion? The Institutional Foundations of Bureaucratic Autonomy. New York: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
King, David C. 1997 Turf Wars: How Congressional Committees Claim Jurisdiction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.Google Scholar
King, Gary, Keohane, Robert O., and Verba, Sidney 1994 Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Krehbiel, Keith 1991 Information and Legislative Organization. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Krieger, Gustavo, Rodrigues, Fernando, and Bonassa, Elvis 1994 Os donos do Congresso. São Paulo: Ática.Google Scholar
Lameirão, Camila 2011 “A Casa Civil como instituição do Executivo federal.” Desigualdade and Diversidade 9:165–211.Google Scholar
Lemos, Leany Barreiro, and Ranincheski, Sonia 2008 “Carreiras políticas no Senado brasileiro: Um estudo das composições do plenário e da Comissão de Constituição, Justiça e Cidadania na década de 90.” In O Senado Federal brasileiro no pós-constituinte, edited by Lemos, Leany Barreiro, 87–120. Brasília: Senado Federal/Unilegis.Google Scholar
Lewis, David E. 2003 Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design: Political Insulation in the United States Government Bureaucracy, 1946–1997. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.Google Scholar
Lupia, Arthur 2003 “Delegation and Its Perils.” in Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies, edited by Str⊘m, Kaare, Müller, Wolfgang C., and Bergman, Torbjörn, 33–54. New York: Oxford University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mahoney, James 2010 “After KKV: The New Methodology of Qualitative Research.” World Politics 62 (1): 120–147.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mahoney, James, and Thelen, Kathleen 2009 “A Theory of Gradual Institutional Change.” In Explaining Institutional Change: Ambiguity, Agency, and Power, edited by Mahoney, James and Thelen, Kathleen, 1–37. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Marques, Rosa Maria, and Mendes, Áquilas 2005 “A Previdência Social como política de garantia de renda.” Valor Econômico, September 14.Google Scholar
Melo, Marcus André 2002 Reformas constitucionais no Brasil: Instituições políticas e processo decisório. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Revan.Google Scholar
Melo, Marcus André, Pereira, Carlos, and Werneck, Heitor 2010 “Delegation Dilemmas: Coalition Size, Electoral Risk, and Regulatory Governance in New Democracies.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 35 (1): 31–56.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Moe, Terry M. 1989 “The Politics of Bureaucratic Structure.” In Can the Government Govern?, edited by Chubb, John E. and Peterson, Paul E., 267–329. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.Google Scholar
Moe, Terry M. 2005 “Power and Political Institutions.” Perspectives on Politics 3 (2): 215–233.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pacheco, Regina Silvia 2010 “Profissionalização, mérito e proteção da burocracia no Brasil.” In Burocracia e política no Brasil: Desafios para o Estado democrático no século XXI, edited by Loureiro, Maria Rita, Abrucio, Fernando, and Pacheco, Regina, 277–305. Rio de Janeiro: FGV Editora.Google Scholar
Pereira, Carlos, and Melo, Marcus Andre 2012 The Surprising Success of Multiparty Presidentialism.” Journal of Democracy 23 (3): 156–170.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pereira, Carlos, and Mueller, Bernardo 2003 “Partidos fracos na arena eleitoral e partidos fortes na arena legislativa: A conexão eleitoral no Brasil” Dados 46 (4): 735–771.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pereira, Carlos, and Mueller, Bernardo 2004 “The Cost of Governing: Strategic Behavior of the President and Legislators in Brazil's Budgetary Process.” Comparative Political Studies 37 (7): 781–815.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pereira, Carlos, and Orellana, Salomon 2009 “Hybrid Political Institutions and Governability: The Budgetary Process in Brazil.” Journal of Politics in Latin America 1 (3): 57–79.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pereira, Carlos, and Rennó, Lúcio 2003 “Successful Re-election Strategies in Brazil: The Electoral Impact of Distinct Institutional Incentives.” Electoral Studies 22 (3): 425–448.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pontes Lima, Edilberto Carlos 2003 “Algumas observações sobre o orçamento impositivo no Brasil.” Planejamento e Políticas Públicas, no. 26:7–16.Google Scholar
Power, Timothy J. 2010 “Optimism, Pessimism, and Coalitional Presidentialism: Debating the Institutional Design of Brazilian Democracy.” Bulletin of Latin American Research 29 (1): 18–33.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Power, Timothy J., and Zucco, Cesar 2011 “Ouvindo os próprios parlamentares.” In O congresso por ele mesmo: Autopercepções da classe política brasileira, edited by Power, Timothy J. and Zucco, Cesar Jr., 11–36. Belo Horizonte: Editora UFMG.Google Scholar
Praça, Sergio 2013 Corrupção e reforma orçamentária no Brasil, 1987–2008. São Paulo: Annablume Editora.Google Scholar
Praça, Sérgio, Freitas, Andréa, and Hoepers, Bruno 2011 “Political Appointments and Coalition Management in Brazil, 2007–2010.” Journal of Politics in Latin America 3 (2): 141–172.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Raile, Eric D., Pereira, Carlos, and Power, Timothy J. 2011 “The Executive Toolbox: Building Legislative Support in a Multiparty Presidential Regime.” Political Research Quarterly 64 (2): 323–334.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rezende, Fernando, and Cunha, Armando, eds. 2005 Disciplina fiscal e qualidade do gasto público: Fundamentos da reforma orçamentária. Rio de Janeiro: FGV Editora.Google Scholar
Ricci, Paolo 2008 “A produção legislativa de iniciativa parlamentar no Congresso brasileiro: Diferenças e similaridades entre a Câmara dos Deputados e o Senado Federal.” In O Senado Federal brasileiro no pós-constituinte, edited by Lemos, Leany Barreiro, 237–271. Brasília: Senado Federal/Unilegis.Google Scholar
Ricci, Paolo, and Lemos, Leany Barreiro 2004 “Produção legislativa e preferências eleitorais na Comissão de Agricultura e Política Rural da Câmara dos Deputados.” Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais 19 (55): 107–129.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Santos, Fabiano, and Almeida, Acir 2005 “Teoria informacional e seleção de relatores na Câmara dos Deputados.” Dados 48 (4): 693–735.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Santos, Fabiano, and Rennó, Lúcio 2004 “The Selection of Committee Leadership in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies.” Journal of Legislative Studies 10 (1): 50–70.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sheingate, Adam D. 2003 “Political Entrepreneurship, Institutional Change, and American Political Development.” Studies in American Political Development 17 (2): 185–203.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sinclair, Barbara 2007 Unorthodox Lawmaking: New Legislative Processes in the U.S. Congress. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press.Google Scholar
Smith, Steven S., and Remington, Thomas F. 2000 The Politics of Institutional Choice: The Formation of the Russian State Duma. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.Google Scholar
Souza, Celina 2008 “Regras e contexto: As reformas da Constituição de 1988.” Dados 51 (4): 791–823.Google Scholar
Taylor, Matthew M. 2009 “Institutional Development through Policy-Making: A Case Study of the Brazilian Central Bank.” World Politics 61 (3): 487–515.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Thies, Michael F. 2001 “Keeping Tabs on Partners: The Logic of Delegation in Coalition Governments.” American Journal of Political Science 45 (3): 580–598.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ting, Michael M. 2003 “A Strategic Theory of Bureaucratic Redundancy.” American Journal of Political Science 47 (2): 274–292.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Vasselai, Fabricio, and Mignozzetti, Umberto G. 2014 “O efeito das emendas ao orçamento no comportamento parlamentar e a dimensão temporal: Velhas teses, novos testes.” Dados 57 (3): 817–853.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Velloso, Raul 2006 “Ajuste fiscal através da redução de despesas obrigatórias.” In Gasto público eficiente: 91 propostas para o desenvolvimento do Brasil, edited by Mendes, Marcos, 111–136. Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks.Google Scholar
Weingast, Barry 1979 “A Rational Choice Perspective on Congressional Norms.” American Journal of Political Science 23 (2): 245–262.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Whitehead, Laurence, and Sola, Lourdes 2006 Introduction to Statecrafting Monetary Authority: Democracy and Financial Order in Brazil, edited by Sola, Lourdes and Whitehead, Laurence, 1–12. Oxford: Centre for Brazilian Studies.Google Scholar
Wilkerson, John D. 1999 “‘Killer’ Amendments in Congress.” American Political Science Review 93 (3): 535–552.CrossRefGoogle Scholar