List of tables and figures
Abbreviations and acronyms
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: 1. Ambition theory and political careers in Brazil
2. In the absence of congressional careerism: short stints, flat hierarchies and low payoffs in the chamber of deputies
3. Progressive ambition and congressional 'hot seats' in Brazil, 1945-98
4. Labyrinths of power, Brazilian style: post-chamber political careers
Part II: 5. The 'Gubematorial coattails effect': federalism and congressional elections in Brazil
Part III: 6. On the political (in)efficacy of pork-barreling in the chamber of deputies
7. Progressive ambition, federalism and pork-barreling in Brazil
8. Institutions of their own design? democratization and fiscal decentralization in Brazil, 1975-95
9. The Cardoso administration and changes in Brazilian federalism
Conclusion
Appendices
References
Indexes.
