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Opening the Black Box: Cabinet Authorship of Legislative Proposals in a Multiparty Presidential System
Author(s) -
Gaylord Sylvia,
Rennó Lúcio
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
presidential studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1741-5705
pISSN - 0360-4918
DOI - 10.1111/psq.12186
Subject(s) - cabinet (room) , presidential system , ideology , legislature , political science , public administration , test (biology) , presidential campaign , politics , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , paleontology , biology
This article seeks to understand multiparty cabinets in presidential systems. The article applies theories developed for parliamentary systems to the case of Brazil and uses ministerial endorsements of executive bills to test whether multiparty cabinets are anchored in an office or a policy‐seeking compact. The analysis shows that participation in policy making within the cabinet is highly concentrated in technical ministries and ministries occupied by the president's party. The analysis also shows that ideological heterogeneity is a significant predictor of ministerial endorsement, indicating that under conditions of ideological proximity, presidential cabinets are able to share policy‐making responsibilities.