Party formation, liberalism and personal power: politics in Imperial Brazil. A comment to Jeffrey Needell's paper, Brazilian party formation from the Regency to the Conciliation, 1831-1857

Authors

  • Monica Duarte Dantas Universidade de São Paulo; Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1808-8139.v0i10p40-47

Keywords:

State^i2^sforms of governm, political representation, judicial system, liberalism, Brazilian Empire

Abstract

In his paper Jeffrey Needell, discussing the subject of party formation in Imperial Brazil, stresses among other matters the existence of ideological differences between the two major political parties from the Regency until the so called Conciliation, and also the role played by both the approval of the Additional Act and later the Reform of the Code of Criminal Procedure. In this comment to Needell's paper, I seek to foster the debate by stressing the importance of his arguments and its impact especially to current interpretations on centralization and decentralization in Brazil, and the role played by the Legislative and Judicial powers and institutional arrangements.

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Published

2009-11-01

Issue

No. 10 (2009)

Section

Forum

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