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Surviving Corruption in Brazil: Lula's and Dilma's Success Despite Corruption Allegations, and Its Consequences
Die Korruption in Brasilien überleben: Lulas und Dilmas Erfolg Korruptionsanschuldigungen zum Trotz und seine Konsequenzen
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Abstract "This article analyzes the continued popular support for Lula and Dilma in the face of multiple corruption allegations throughout their respective presidencies. What explains their ability to survive corruption? And what are the implications of this - at first sight - lack of electoral punishment fo... view more
"This article analyzes the continued popular support for Lula and Dilma in the face of multiple corruption allegations throughout their respective presidencies. What explains their ability to survive corruption? And what are the implications of this - at first sight - lack of electoral punishment for Brazilian democracy? In searching for answers to these questions, this article looks at four mechanisms that help explain the continued popularity of politicians amid allegations of corruption: the use of clientelism as payoffs, informational failures, the relevance of other issues, and rouba mas faz. By analyzing Lula's and Dilma's terms in office and their inopportune links to corruption, this article argues that the shifting strategies used to deal with corruption allegations effectively shifted the reputational costs of corruption away from individual political leaders and toward the Workers' Party and the political system as a whole. This finding emphasizes the mid- to long-term consequences of corruption scandals on political parties and democratic institutions, while also shedding light on the paradoxical relationship between corruption as a voting valence issue and continuing electoral support for politicians allegedly involved in corruption." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
corruption; Brazil; president; workers' party; democracy; South America; Latin America; newly industrializing countries
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Method
descriptive study
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 67-93
Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 6 (2014) 3
Issue topic
Lula’s Brazil and Beyond
ISSN
1866-802X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed