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This 4 page paper looks at the political and economic factors that are present within Brazil, including the political structure and aims and the economic profile of the country. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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republic which is based on a democratic constitution. In total Brazil has had eight constitutions since its independence from Portugal in 1822; the most recent past in 1988 which had
the aim of re-democratising the country following the very non-democratic constitution 1967 introduced by the military following the coup detat in 1964 (Levine and Crocitti, 1999). The head of
state and head of government is the president who is elected once every four years. The next presidential election is due in October 2010 (Economist, 2007). The president is ahead
of a Bicameral system, made up of an upper house; the Senate and the lower house; The Chamber of Deputies (Economist, 2007). The upper house has a total of
81 seats which are occupied by representatives of all 26 states as well as the federal district of Brasilia (Economist, 2007). There are three members from each state elected to
the position to serve a period of eight years on a rotating basis with each four years seeing a third of the members standing for election on a majority basis
(Levine and Crocitti, 1999). This gives the Senate a degree of stability. The lower house is made up of 513 seats the seats are allotted proportionately with reference to the
population of each state with a minimum of eight seats each state and a maximum of 70 which results in a system that is biased towards the smaller states (Levine
and Crocitti, 1999). The representatives sitting in this house are elected four years through a system of proportional representation. The system is also
fairly fragmented as there are 15 parties represented within Congress. In addition to this it is also common practice for politicians to switch their allegiance between political parties; this sees
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