Left, Right or Center? The Self-Assessed Ideology of Brazilian Representatives

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Brief Overview

In this paper, I present the results of interviews conducted with 39 members of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies. They were asked about their ideological preferences on economic and social issues, as well as their placement on the right-left scale.

Author

• Gabriel de A. Castro, University of Kansas