Abstract
In this paper we’ll review the literature of Brazilian Multiparty Presidential System, also known as coalitional presidentialism. We’ll not offer only a guide for the last 25 years of research, but also give some suggestions. Were identified six kinds of studies about Executive-Legislative relations in Brazil: the pessimistic view, comparing presidentialism with parliamentarism; creation of government coalitions, analyzing the proportionality in the cabinets; maintenance of the coalitions with resources provided by the Executive to Congressmen for pork barrel; power of institutions; strength of party leadership inside the Congress; and finally, researches about federalism and its consequences. We can make at least three observations. First: create a proportionality index of cabinets giving the same weight to all Departments, like the literature did, isn’t the best thing to do. Second: what happen with the maintenance of coalition if a new law is approved stating that the Executive must give the same resources for pork to all Representatives? Third: there’s another view about federalism looking at the weakness of Governors compared to the strength of Mayors and Presidents, how can it be analyzed inside this framework?
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