Destination Federal Senate: Influence of political careers on arrival at the federation house

Studying the political careers and the social background (academic degrees and professions prior entering the political field) of elected Brazilian Senators, with this paper it’s expected to analyze whether former Governors and Mayors had shorter careers compared to those who made careers only in th...

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Autor: Centeno, Alison Ribeiro
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Recursos:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Conversas & Controvérsias
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/43054
Acesso em linha:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/conversasecontroversias/article/view/43054
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Brazilian Federal Senate
Political careers
Social background
Senado Federal
Carreiras políticas
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Resumo:Studying the political careers and the social background (academic degrees and professions prior entering the political field) of elected Brazilian Senators, with this paper it’s expected to analyze whether former Governors and Mayors had shorter careers compared to those who made careers only in the Legislative power; and if politicians who had never won elections had a prominent social background compared to professional politicians. Once applied the statistical tests there were no disparities in exclusively executive careers in relation to strictly legislative ones, with shorter career periods and number of previous mandates only compared to those politicians who held positions in both powers. The levels of political experience were also not linked to a distinct social background, presenting the Federal Senate trough 1994 to 2014 composed by professional politicians with high socio-occupational position.